{"id":2492,"date":"2013-11-01T12:05:21","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T16:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=2492"},"modified":"2013-11-01T12:05:21","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T16:05:21","slug":"a-great-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/a-great-book\/","title":{"rendered":"A GREAT BOOK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently had the pleasure of reading Gila Hayes\u2019 new book from the Gun Digest folks, \u201cConcealed Carry for Women.\u201d\u00a0 A long-time pistol-packer herself, Gila teaches with her husband Marty at the Firearms Academy of Seattle.\u00a0 I\u2019ve seen her teach, and I can tell you she\u2019s one of the best instructors of either gender in this business.\u00a0 Like her friend and colleague Kathy Jackson, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.corneredcat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.corneredcat.com<\/a>, she has written her book primarily for women but the contents are of great value to men as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2494 alignright\" alt=\"Concealed Carry for Women by Gila Hayes\" src=\"http:\/\/backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CC4Women_Web.jpg\" width=\"202\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CC4Women_Web.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CC4Women_Web-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ee;\">\u00a0<\/span>I\u2019ve seen her win open championships at matches, shooting against the men and beating them at their own game. But, more important, I\u2019ve seen her inspire the helpless to learn to protect themselves.\u00a0 Her book covers everything from the foundational element of mindset, to the selection of equipment, to the techniques that work best for developing skill with that equipment.\u00a0 The new book is full of good advice that will save reinventing the wheel.<\/p>\n<p>For a free taste of Gila\u2019s writing, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.armedcitizensnetwork.org\/our-journal\" target=\"_blank\">www.armedcitizensnetwork.org<\/a><br \/>\n. Gila edits the online Journal of the Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network. She is in touch daily with some of the most experienced attorneys in the country who specialize in defending armed citizens after they have defended themselves.\u00a0 Read a few months worth of the Journal. It will give you a good sample of the logic, reality, and solid background that she brings to the table.<\/p>\n<p>And get the book, \u201cConcealed Carry for Women\u201d by Gila Hayes.\u00a0 I thought it was great, and I think you will, too.\u00a0 Christmas is coming, and it might make a nice gift for some of the ladies in your life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently had the pleasure of reading Gila Hayes\u2019 new book from the Gun Digest folks, \u201cConcealed Carry for Women.\u201d\u00a0 A long-time pistol-packer herself, Gila teaches with her husband Marty at the Firearms Academy of Seattle.\u00a0 I\u2019ve seen her teach, and I can tell you she\u2019s one of the best instructors of either gender in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2492","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reviews"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}