The Best Defense: True Stories of Intended Victims Who Defended Themselves with a Firearm
It is estimated that every year 400,000 to 500,000 Americans use a firearm to defend themselves from violent attacks. Often lost in the statistics, however, is the dynamic of what happens when ordinary, law-abiding citizens are assaulted. What thoughts and feelings go through their minds as the events unfold? How do they react when suddenly thrust into life-or-death situations?
The Best Defense is a collection of fascinating human interest stories of people who successfully used firearms to defend themselves and others against violent assaults. From Ohio, Florida, and Virginia to Missouri, Texas, Mississippi, and Montana, here is a dramatic portrait of what is at stake in the fight against crime at the level it occurs: victim vs. perpetrator. Here is living proof—thankfully living—that citizens do not have to be helpless in the face of crime and that in many cases self-defense proves to be law-abiding citizens' only opportunity to save themselves and their loved ones.
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Book details
- Author
- Robert Waters
- Imprint
- Cumberland House Publishing, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback
- Subjects
- Social Science › Sociology
Political Science › Political Freedom - Topics
- self-defense · firearms · true crime · violent crime victims · gun rights · personal stories · law-abiding citizens
- ISBN-13
- 9781888952971
About the author
ROBERT A. WATERS is an American true crime author who has written six books focusing primarily on cases of armed self-defense. His books include Outgunned!: True Stories of Citizens Who Stood Up to Outlaws—And Won and The Best Defense: True Stories of Intended Victims Who Defended Themselves with a Firearm.
Waters holds a bachelor’s degree from Middle Tennessee State University and a master’s degree from the University of Georgia. The Best Defense was published by Cumberland House Publishing in 1998 and became a best-seller.
When he’s not writing, Waters maintains a true crime blog, Kidnapping, Murder, and Mayhem, at robertwaters.net. His work consistently centers on documented cases in which armed individuals defended themselves against criminal attack.