David Fessenden: 20 books

In this excerpt from Defensive Handgun Skills, David Fessenden covers sight picture and alignment, trigger control, and single action vs. double action handguns.

In this excerpt from Defensive Handgun Skills, David Fessenden gives Col. Jeff Cooper's four universal rules for firearm safety, plus specific safety rules for semi-automatics and revolvers.

In this excerpt from Defensive Handgun Skills, David Fessenden covers the three main types of handgun malfunctions you're likely to face - failure to fire, failure to eject and failure to extract feedway stoppage.

In this excerpt from Defensive Handgun Skills, David Fessenden covers handgun calibers for concealed carry, revolvers vs. semiautos, CCW holsters, dry practice, live-fire practice, plus loading and unloading the handgun.

In this excerpt from Defensive Handgun Skills, David Fessenden help you be ready with dry practice and live fire training. It's not enough to buy a handgun and stick it in your dresser drawer. Learn how to train for the worst case scenario.

In this excerpt from Defensive Handgun Skills, David Fessenden passes along tips and advice on practical handgun training, dry practice, tactical training and gunfighting.

Considering buying a self-defense handgun? Have questions about concealed carry? Don't know where to turn? It's All Here-in Defensive Handgun Skills! Written by certified firearms trainer David Fessenden, Defensive Handgun Skills is a simple, easy-to-follow guide to the techniques involved...

In this excerpt from Defensive Handgun Skills, David Fessenden covers Lawrence's Combat Triad and the mindset needed to prevail with your handgun in a violent encounter.

In this excerpt from Defensive Handgun Skills, David Fessenden teaches handgun grip, stance, presentation, sight picture, trigger control, reloading drills and malfunction clearing.

In this excerpt from Defensive Handgun Skills, David Fessenden looks at small-bore vs. big-bore handguns, revolvers vs. semiautos plus holsters and other gear for concealed carry and self-defense.

In this excerpt from Defensive Handgun Skills, David Fessenden teaches the emergency reload, tactical reload and administrative reload, with photos to demonstrate each.

In this excerpt from Defensive Handgun Skills, David Fessenden defines basic defensive handgunning and puts it into perspective for the student of armed self-defense.

In this excerpt from Defensive Handgun Skills, David Fessenden teaches the ready position, thumb over thumb grip, the IPSC thumbs forward grip, the AMW grip, and the aggressive modified weaver grip.

In this excerpt from Defensive Handgun Skills, David Fessenden gives a basic and very useful look at the history of defensive handgun doctrine. Understanding the past will enable you to be better prepared today.