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Conquer Crime - How To Be Your Own Bodyguard

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This book is unlike most texts on the subject which typically overload you with information on one topic (firearms, martial arts, etc) and then skimp or totally bypass others of great importance. A very well rounded and easy to read manual that touches all bases. It is written for the average person looking to secure themselves and their loved ones from serious crime. A large portion of the book has information that is unique. While most people will not need to employ all of the techniques listed (shooting through electrical conduit to hit a bad guy outside your safe room is a bit extreme), everyone can adopt several of these easy to do measures to make their life safer. Locks, doors, alarms (both electronic and organic [gravel around window areas]) dogs, etc covered in full. An excellent book all around. You might also want to see Massad Ayoob's "Self Defense" -although I would read this book first as I think it is better. An earlier version of this was titled something like "Secure From Crime: How To Be Your Own Bodyguard", but "Conquer Crime" is an improved and expanded text.

Don Paul has done it again!!! Taking from his incredible knowledge base, he has written yet another informative, eye opening book of "How To".

The minute I finished this book, I handed it to my 15year old daughter and told her to read it immediately. Once she's done, it will go to my 12 year old son, and then to my wife.

Anyone who has a family needs to read this book! Any single female needs to read this book! I would go as far as saying, anyone between the ages of 12 and 90 needs to read this book. The contents will open your eyes as to the things that can happen in the world today. Although hopefully you will never need to actually use a lot of the information, at the very least you will have the knowledge of what you need to do in the back of your mind and if you do need it, it will be there for you.

Thank you again to Don Paul for writing this book. Don, keep it up! Keep writing these books, the world needs them in this day and age. They are incredibly informative and they are a quick read. These books are not 500 page text books, they usually run just about 70 - 100 pages. You can read them in a sitting or two and they are written in such a way that they are easy to understand and retain the information.

Way to go Don!

Looking to keep yourself and your family safe from crime? If so then this book is NOT for you. Don Paul, a former green beret and cop attempts to teach the reader how to stay safe from crime in this slim paperback. His main point in the book is that you should attempt to prevent crime before it occurs. (Crimes covered in this book range from rape to identity theft.) The suggestions offered in this book are often extreme, and only useful for people who are especially at risk. Some suggestions include using only a P.O. box address and an alias for all of your communications through the mail, home schooling your children, and installing a shotgun that you can shoot remotely in your home. The book is filled with bizzare and useless diagrams, and often contains the authors Christian messages. The book does help however in making the reader more able to identify threats, but does not do well in explaining how to deal with them. While I cannot recommend this book because of its lack of good information, I have benefited from it slightly by learning about how criminals operate and potentional ways to stay out of trouble.