Massad Ayoob
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Massad F. Ayoob (b. July 20, 1948) is an internationally-known firearms and self-defense instructor. He is the Director of the Lethal Force Institute in Concord, New Hampshire, has taught police techniques and civilian self-defense in numerous venues since 1974, and has appeared as an expert witness in several trials. He has served as a part-time police officer in New Hampshire since 1972 and currently holds the rank of Captain in the Grantham, New Hampshire police department[1].
Massad Ayoob has authored several books and over 1,000 articles on firearms, combat techniques, self-defense, and legal issues, and has served in an editorial capacity for Guns Magazine, American Handgunner, Gun Week and Combat Handguns.
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- Armed and Alive (1979)
- Ayoob Files: The Book (1995)
- Ayoob on Firearms (year unknown)
- Fundamentals of Modern Police Impact Weapons (1996)
- Gun Digest Book of SIG-Sauer: A Complete Look at SIG-Sauer Pistols (2004)
- Gunproof Your Children / Handgun Primer (1986)
- Handgun Primer (1986)
- Hit The White Part (1986) (on bowling pin shooting)
- In The Gravest Extreme (1980)
- LFI Handgun Safety (year unknown)
- Physio-Psychological Aspects of Violent Encounters (year unknown)
- Police Survival Shooting (How Close is too Close) (year unknown)
- Post Shooting Trauma (year unknown)
- The Complete Book of Handguns (1998–2001)
- The Experts Speak Out: The Police View of Gun Control (1981)
- The Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery (with Chuck Taylor, 2002)
- The Semi-Automatic Pistol in Police Service and Self Defense (1987)
- The Stressfire series, three volumes: Handgun (1986), Shotgun (1992), Rifle (year unknown)
- The Truth About Self-Protection (1999)