Product Description

Jim Grover's professional credentials in the art of crime avoidance and self-defense are as good as it gets: on-site security specialist in the world's hottest of hot spots, combatives instructor to ultrahigh-speed military and police units and hands-on security trainer to international corporations, among other sensitive assignments. Here is a compilation of the best of his wildly popular "Personal Security" columns in Guns & Ammo magazine. It covers the entire spectrum of personal security issues, with street-savvy ideas and twists you will find nowhere else. Learn how to vastly improve the physical security of your home; develop alert street smarts; stay safe while traveling in your vehicle, out of town or abroad; recognize and avoid crimes of the new millennium; keep your children safe; choose and use effective nonlethal weapons; engage in nasty unarmed combat; and utilize radically practical shooting skills that have been perfected in real-life situations. From spotting trouble before it happens to surviving a riot to handling a firearm like a pro, this book has it all!

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Product Details

Publisher	Paladin Press
ISBN	1581600674
Creator	Kevin Steele
Author	Jim Grover
Format	Paperback
Label	Paladin Press
Dewey Decimal Number	613.66
Studio	Paladin Press
EAN	9781581600674
Number Of Pages	280
Title	Street Smarts, Firearms, And Personal Security : Jim Grover's Guide To Staying Alive And Avoiding Crime In The Real World
Publication Date	2000-03-15
Manufacturer	Paladin Press

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Customer Reviews

Best security book Ever!

Review by Jeff A. Spain, 2009-11-15

This is the best book I have ever read on security and personal defense. Quick, easy to read sections cover personal defense on the street, at work, the college campus and how to make your home safe. This should be required reading for everyone! Love the discussion about carrying less than lethal defense weapons. As a CCW holder, I appreciated the discussion on less that lethal items such as pepper spray, ASP batons and knifes and the many ways we can protect our self and family without having to use a firearm in some situations.

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A fantastic guide for anyone who is serious about personal security.

Review by Joseph J. Truncale, 2009-07-12

Jim Grover's (alias: Kelly McCain)guide to staying alive and avoiding crime is one of the best books ever written on the subject of personal security. This is a book that should be studied and also used as a reference guide to anyone interested in real life strategies in dealing with crime and criminals in the real world. This fantastic book has so much incredible information that this review cannot do it justice. The introduction alone covers such topics as: Don't be a victim, test your security savvy and big four self-defense tips. This tomb covers physical security issues in your home, street smart advice, security when traveling, modern crime factors, children's safety issues, alternative weapons, combatives, and great shooting advice. If you only buy one book on personal safety, this is the book. Rating: 5 stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Pro-Systems Combatives, Use of the Monadnock Straight Baton, Monadnock Defensive Tactics System, Samurai Aerobics, PR-24 Baton Advanced Techniques)

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Street Smarts, Firearms And Personal Security

Review by frederick gan, 2008-11-28

This book is excellent! It combines the authors knowledge on firearms, non lethal weapons its pros and cons as well as security and in the house.
alot of commonsense approach on personal protection. Not just emphasizing on Firearms alone. I would recommend it to anyone. Male or female, young or old. Strong or wimp.

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Superficial

Review by GeoffMag, 2006-08-11

I purchased this book with the idea that it would offer some suggestions on self defense and in a particular some practical guidance on choosing a hand gun. Instead what I got was an anthology of dated recycled editorials from Guns and Ammo magazine that gave superficial attention to the subject matter with a heavy underlay of right wing rhetoric and suggestions on how to recruit novices to the "Guns Movement". If you want that sort of thing the NRA puts out a very nice glossy newsletter. every so often.

Does anyone know of a practical guide to choosing a fire arm that is needs based and not political?. I mean the right gun, for the right purpose with the right ammo, right training, right maintainence, right safety and storage....just the facts. For many of us a gun is just a gun, meaning an appliance meant to be chosen and used carefully for a prticular purpose; not an anatomic extension or political fashion statement good or bad.

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Good Primer for the Novice

Review by Anthony Cataldo, 2006-07-26

I purchased the book from another site which failed to list the book as a compilation of Jim's magazine articles of the last 15 years. I have read most of his articles in "Guns & Ammo" and regard him as a true expert in the field of personal combat tactics and self-defense.

But,this book was boring to me and I read/reveiwed it in one evening. I can recommend this book to any novice as a good starting reference.

More advanced students of practical & effective techniques and tactics of self-defense,I can recommend my "Listmania" Self Defense of amazon books and Jim Grovers DVD"Combat Pistol" an excellent source of realistic scenarios for survival.

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