Watch Your Back: How to Avoid the Most Dangerous Moments in Daily Life
Concrete Strategies for Staying Safe and Protecting Yourself from Assailants

Do you ever feel the urge to furtively look over your shoulder to check if someone’s following you? Have you second-guessed a decision to walk in a poorly lit area late at night? When you see crime reports on the news, do you ever wonder if it could happen to you? Every day, unsuspecting people fall victim to muggers, pickpockets, carjackers, and other criminals. What can you do to make sure you’re not one of them?

In Watch Your Back, Roger Eckstine presents dozens of possible risky scenarios that can occur in daily life and ways to counteract each threat. Potential hazards include:
Paying for gas at the pump
Using the ATM
Road rage and the belligerent fender bender
An active shooter attack
Concealed carry and the rigors of daily life
And much more!

Eckstine illustrates his points by referencing case studies and news clippings of real-life events. He describes various ways people can be prepared both mentally and physically for altercations, with an emphasis on training yourself to constantly observe your surroundings. Additionally, he suggests emergency devices, personal weaponry, and communication tools to help in dangerous situations. You and your loved ones deserve to feel safe all the time. Watch Your Back has the advice you need to make this happen.
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Watch Your Back: How to Avoid the Most Dangerous Moments in Daily Life
Concrete Strategies for Staying Safe and Protecting Yourself from Assailants

Do you ever feel the urge to furtively look over your shoulder to check if someone’s following you? Have you second-guessed a decision to walk in a poorly lit area late at night? When you see crime reports on the news, do you ever wonder if it could happen to you? Every day, unsuspecting people fall victim to muggers, pickpockets, carjackers, and other criminals. What can you do to make sure you’re not one of them?

In Watch Your Back, Roger Eckstine presents dozens of possible risky scenarios that can occur in daily life and ways to counteract each threat. Potential hazards include:
Paying for gas at the pump
Using the ATM
Road rage and the belligerent fender bender
An active shooter attack
Concealed carry and the rigors of daily life
And much more!

Eckstine illustrates his points by referencing case studies and news clippings of real-life events. He describes various ways people can be prepared both mentally and physically for altercations, with an emphasis on training yourself to constantly observe your surroundings. Additionally, he suggests emergency devices, personal weaponry, and communication tools to help in dangerous situations. You and your loved ones deserve to feel safe all the time. Watch Your Back has the advice you need to make this happen.
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Watch Your Back: How to Avoid the Most Dangerous Moments in Daily Life

Watch Your Back: How to Avoid the Most Dangerous Moments in Daily Life

by Roger Eckstine
Watch Your Back: How to Avoid the Most Dangerous Moments in Daily Life

Watch Your Back: How to Avoid the Most Dangerous Moments in Daily Life

by Roger Eckstine

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Concrete Strategies for Staying Safe and Protecting Yourself from Assailants

Do you ever feel the urge to furtively look over your shoulder to check if someone’s following you? Have you second-guessed a decision to walk in a poorly lit area late at night? When you see crime reports on the news, do you ever wonder if it could happen to you? Every day, unsuspecting people fall victim to muggers, pickpockets, carjackers, and other criminals. What can you do to make sure you’re not one of them?

In Watch Your Back, Roger Eckstine presents dozens of possible risky scenarios that can occur in daily life and ways to counteract each threat. Potential hazards include:
Paying for gas at the pump
Using the ATM
Road rage and the belligerent fender bender
An active shooter attack
Concealed carry and the rigors of daily life
And much more!

Eckstine illustrates his points by referencing case studies and news clippings of real-life events. He describes various ways people can be prepared both mentally and physically for altercations, with an emphasis on training yourself to constantly observe your surroundings. Additionally, he suggests emergency devices, personal weaponry, and communication tools to help in dangerous situations. You and your loved ones deserve to feel safe all the time. Watch Your Back has the advice you need to make this happen.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781510702714
Publisher: Skyhorse
Publication date: 09/20/2016
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 8.00(w) x 10.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Roger Eckstine is one of the most prolific writers of in-depth tests and evaluations of firearms to emerge over the past twenty years. The author of the Shooter’s Bible Guide to Knives, Eckstine brings his eye for function and detail to his writing after a lifetime connection with weapons. He is currently a contributing editor with Gun Tests magazine and lives with his wife and family in Houston, Texas.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Chapter 1 Understanding Preemptive Behavioral Response 1

Chapter 2 What Everyone Can Learn from the Dangers of Selling Real Estate 9

Chapter 3 Fuel Stops-The Great Equalizer 33

Chapter 4 What Everyone Can Learn from Professional Drivers 47

Chapter 5 The Dangers of Drive-Up/Drive-Through Services 65

Chapter 6 How Safety Plays a Part in Choosing a Handgun for Personal Defense 75

Chapter 7 Handgun Accuracy as a Component of Safety 91

Chapter 8 Safe Handling Practices in Awkward Situations 101

Chapter 9 Commuting and the Road Rage Phenomena 115

Chapter 10 The Belligerent Fender Bender 125

Chapter 11 Extreme Preparation for Your Vehicle 129

Chapter 12 Terrorist Attacks and the Active Shooter 143

Appendix A How to Watch Your Back: A Quick Reference Guide to Preventive measures 155

Appendix B Principles of Everyday Survival 167

Notes 173

Acknowledgments 177

About the Author 179

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