One of the books I got for Christmas this year was Armed Response: A Comprehensive Guide to Using Firearms for Self-Defense
Armed Response is an excellent book that introduces the reader to the use of firearms in self-defense. The author, David Kenik, does a superb job in discussing the relevant issues in self-defense and the carrying of a firearm.
Kenik starts off the book with the Misconception of Police Protection. While many of my readers may be put off by such a statement, the fact is simply that the police cannot be everywhere, protecting everyone at all times. If we could, there wouldn’t be any crime. However, the majority of the public has the notion that the police will protect them. The reality is that people have to survive long enough for the police to arrive.
As radio host Tom Gresham chants with a cult-like precision: “When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.”
Don’t let this be a turn-off for you. Massad Ayoob explains in the forward “…[Kenik] is being frank…law enforcement is necessarily reactive… If there is a crime of violence, the potential victim needs the wherewithal to stop the deadly danger and stabilize the scene until [the police] can get to the scene and do their job.”
Once Kenik discusses the need of the individual citizen to be an active participant in his or her own survival, he moves into the practical areas of self-defense and the use of firearms. Chapters include information on the reasonable use of force, body alarm reaction (the fight or flight reflex), action/reaction, Tueller Drill, safe gun handling, malfunction drills, reloading drills, realistic shooting practice, holster selection, back-up guns, post-shooting actions, and
much more.
For an experienced police officer, the information Kenik provides will ring true. Armed Response
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