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Street Smarts, Firearms, And Personal Security : Jim Grover's Guide To Staying Alive And Avoiding Crime In The Real World | 
 enlarge | Author: Jim Grover
Creator: Kevin Steele
Publisher: Paladin Press
Category: Book
List Price: $35.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 432888
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 280
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1581600674
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.66
EAN: 9781581600674
ASIN: 1581600674
Publication Date: March 15, 2000
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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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 Superficial August 11, 2006
5 out of 13 found this review helpful
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.
 Good Primer for the Novice July 26, 2006
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
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.
 If you want to get street smart quick listen to Jim! October 7, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Without any apologies Jim Grover (Kelly McCann) has the best stuff out on the market period. It is simple safe effective easy to learn and you do not have to wear pajamas. I was a cop for 7 years and I taught survival skills while also training for about 10 years in the martial arts. What would I use, what ever he says. He is smart creative and has been in the grease enough to know what works and what does not. He, unlike many authors and instructors leaves his ego at the door when it comes to teaching survival skills. He is not invested in putting his name on any particular draw or holster. I digress! This information is vital for parents, kids, teachers, and anyone who cares about another person. If applied, it can save a life. If you are serious about not wasting your money and time get hooked up with Jim Grover's book and video series and a good coach. This is the real deal and you can bet your life on it.
Not bad, but HIGHLY repetitive June 12, 2004
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I read this book along with other books on self-defense/security. Its generally good, however, the book is made from articles in a magazine column, and it becomes very very repetitive. Also, I find that the author sometimes exagerates, as for when he says that whenever you hop in a cab, you should sit in the front seat and keep your foot near the cab driver's pedals in case "you should need to take control of the cab"... hmm.. i can imagine myself doing that the next time I take a cab. i'd sure get a look from the driver. 3 stars.
A Grip on Reality May 10, 2004
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Over the years I have read much of the writings of Jim Grover in various magazines. I have gotten great feedback from many of my own students when they have read "Street Smarts" as part of the training in the use of handguns along with hand to hand concepts that we teach at Attack Proof Inc. Mr Grover is an authority who can be depended upon to give straight information which will put the odds seriously in your favor during a real life confrontation with a firearm. Some folks think that repetition of basic techniques is boring or not useful. Mr. Grover takes the best of the basics and presents it in a lanquage that can be grasped and appreciated by serious professionals, who can always use a tune up, as well as beginners who need real information for close and dangerous encounters. I can't praise his work enough.
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