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The Truth About Self Protection Mass Market Paperback – January 1, 2004

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Police Bookshelf (January 1, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 417 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0553195190
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0553195194
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Massad Ayoob is one of the pre-eminent fighting handgun trainers in the world. He operates the Lethal Force Institute, which trains both U.S. and international clients. His methods of reflexive, high speed yet accurate shooting has been adopted by the U.S. army as part of its standard pistol-training course. Massad has written many books for Krause Publications, including Combat Handgunnery, The Gun Digest Book of Sig-Sauer, and The Gun Digest Book of Beretta Pistols.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat outdated but complete treatment of the subject!
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