Author: Gila Hayes
Publisher: KRAUSE PUBLICATIONS/DBI BOOKS, Nov 2009
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 1-4402-0390-3
Synopsis
A complete guide to personal security & self-defense at home & away from home. Written from a uniquely female perspective with real-world practical advice on self defense & proper use of a firearm. 6x9 inches, 288 pgs.
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Personal Defense for Women is a complete guide to personal security and self-defense at home and away from home. Readers will appreciate the book's uniquely female perspective and its real-world, practical advice on protecting oneself and one's family from burglary, assault, spousal abuse and rape. The reader will learn how to avoid confrontations and how to use firearms safely and responsibly to achieve personal security.
Women are the fastest-growing segment of the self-defense/concealed carry market with an estimated one million women purchasing their first firearm each year.
More women than ever own firearms-an estimated 17 million carry or own a firearm for self-defense.
Written from a uniquely female perspective with real-world practical advice on self defense and proper use of a firearm.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
A 10-year veteran of the Seattle Police Department, where she served as Department Firearms Instructor, Gila Hayes has a long career writing for publications including Women & Guns. She is also Contributing Editor for Women's Issues for Gun Digest. With her husband Mark, she operates The Firearms Academy of Seattle, Inc., a practical firearms training school. In addition, Gila has recently started a second business, the Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network.
