Personal Protection : The Weapons and Self-Defense Laws of the United States

An illustrated & immensely practical handbook on crime avoidance, self-defense, & protection of persons & property. The only existing one-volume source of the weapons, self-defense & property-defense laws of EVERY state & the District of Columbia. Also includes federal laws. Gives strategies for avoiding danger & criminal threats on the street, in homes, businesses, & autos. Describes functional means of making homes effectively burglar proof. Exposes myths of common residential burglar alarms. Describes procedures for training & using any dog for warning & home defense. Recommends firearms & training in their use for home & self-protection. Explores the stalker threat & provides explicit strategies for effectively terminating the stalker peril. A chapter is devoted to the laws of each state, presented in plain layman's language & explained using actual cases from Appeals Courts. Interprets what the tersely-worded laws MEAN as well as what they SAY. Discusses tactics for preventing or minimizing legal consequences of actions taken in self-defense. The book is a broadly expanded version of this popular writer's top best-seller on personal protection which concentrated on Texas laws. Order from Beverly Book Company, P.O. Box 2869, Spring, TX 77383. (713) 722-0055.Briggs, Doug is the author of 'Personal Protection : The Weapons and Self-Defense Laws of the United States', published 1993 under ISBN 9781881287025 and ISBN 1881287025.