In Harm’s Way
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What would be your worst nightmare? The one that made you flick on all the lights and double check the doors? It’s probably the thought of someone in your house, someone stealthily creeping through the dark, someone with nothing but bad intentions.
For most of us this scenario will thankfully always remain just a nightmare, one in which you ask yourself “Would I be able to stand up for myself in that situation?” but never have to answer. But for some, the nightmare became a reality and they found reserves of strength and determination that kept them and their loved ones alive.
In his new book “Thank God I Had A Gun” renowned author Chris Bird has assembled fourteen everyday people who found themselves face-to-face with some of the most crazed criminals, and who found within themselves that special something that turns zeros to heroes.
There is the grandmother who was forced to defend her granddaughter in the middle of the night from a drug-crazed intruder, the mild-mannered man who was twice caught in the middle of an armed robbery in two different stores, and then a carjacking, the real estate company man who witnessed the slaying of a young policeman before the murderer pointed the gun at him and pulled the trigger, and the average Joe forced to protect his teenage daughter from two armed villains in their motel room during a road trip.
“The police cannot protect you,” says Bird, “Ordinary citizens are forced to protect themselves from criminal threat or attack more than two million times a year.” It is a sobering statistic which gives pause for thought, but in the pages of Bird’s book are a collection of people who were never given the luxury of thinking their way out – each had to act, and act fast.
Each of these individuals was forced to confront the nightmare, and each of them did so with aplomb. Their stories should be heard.
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Chris Bird has been a journalist for 25 years and a handgun shooter for more than 40 years. He was born in England and his interest in shooting has steered him through the bureaucratic red tape of owning handguns in England, Canada, and Australia. He was a commissioned officer in the Royal Military Police of the British Army in the 1960s. After leaving the military Bird migrated to Canada. There he worked as a cowboy in British Columbia while shooting and hunting extensively. He later became a journalist and worked for newspapers and television stations as a crime and investigative reporter. Bird is also the author of The Concealed Handgun Manual: How to Choose, Carry and Shoot a Gun in Self Defense, now in its fourth edition. He is certified in Texas as a concealed-handgun instructor. He is a director of the Texas Concealed Handgun Association and a member of both the Texas State Rifle Association and the National Rifle Association.
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