Home defense is a very broad and complex topic. Every home is different and every individual or family has unique needs when it comes to security. Rather than attempting to provide a single, magical solution to the security problem, this book offers a wide selection of commonsense security principles and techniques that can apply to a wide range of situations and threat environments. These principles and techniques will provide you with building blocks that you can use to develop a custom-tailored plan that fits your specific home defense requirements.

This book also aims to encourage people to become more security conscious and think about security in new creative ways. Unfortunately, most people devote little time and attention to thinking about security. The misconception that "it can never happen to me," is all too common in modern society. Even if you are already security conscious, there are always ways to improve and adapt to ever-changing threats. This book is designed to help with that adaptive process by providing innovative, tactically-focused approaches to help expand your defense capabilities.

This book covers a variety of topics including:

Threat assessment and analysis

Deterrence measures

Neighborhood-level security and alert plans

Security systems, cameras, sensors and security dogs

Coordination with law enforcement

Weapon selection, safety and training

Single-person and two-person Close Quarters Battle (CQB)

Improvised weapons and unarmed defense

Defensive planning, tactics and scenarios