David Fessenden

In this excerpt from Defensive Handgun Skills, David Fessenden demonstrates how to load and unload your defensive revolver or semiautomatic in a quick and safe manner.

In this excerpt from Defensive Handgun Skills, David Fessenden gives range exercises to condition you for the follow up that happens on the street after a gun fight.

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 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 covers defensive handgun definitions, guncraft history, Jeff Cooper's ideas on self-defense, legal considerations for CCW and combat mindset.

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.

Considering buying a self-defense handgun?Have questions about concealed carry?Don't know where to turn? It's All Herein 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 carrying and using a defensive handgun. Written for the beginner, Defensive Handgun Skills contains a wealth of valuable information, including Handgun Safety Gripping...

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 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 teaches Jeff Cooper's universal rules of firearm safety, color code of mental awareness, modern techniques for the defensive pistol and self-defense principles.