title: Shooting to Survive: How to Fight with a Pistol
author:  Timothy D. Blakeley 
description: <span><span>"Timothy Blakeley has recreated the Encyclopedia Britannica for all things concerning combat pistol shooting. I have seen and read books that discuss handgun basics, others that address tactics,drills and advanced techniques, and books that speak to the importance of mindset and physical preparedness. "Shooting to Survive" encompasses all these topics in one thorough manual that will appeal to novice shooters as well as more advanced operators." <br />- <b><i>The Tactical Edge</i></b>, National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA), by John Stuckey, SWAT Commander</span></span><br /><br /><span>"Shooting to Survive...is packed with enough information for any two or three books, making its cover price a great value. If it involves fighting with a pistol, Blakeley probably has included it in this one book. It is an impressive effort, and presents and incredible amount of information which the reader will no doubt put to good use. Shooting to Survive is easy to read, easy to use, and facilitates looking up whatever topic you wish to review or reconsider. Absolutely a worthwhile read."</span><br /><span>- <b><i>Women &amp; Guns Magazine</i></b>, by Roger Lanny, Contributing Editor</span><br /><br />"I greatly admire the job you did with "Shooting to Survive." You've really put together a comprehensive and lucid treatment of good pistol craft and one that will be helpful to every reader who wants to improve his/her skills."<br />- <b><i>Charles Remsberg</i></b>, founder of Street Survival Seminar by Calibre Press, author of Street Survival, The Tactical Edge, Tactics for Criminal Patrol, and Blood Lessons<br /><br />"This is a quite hefty and thoroughly footnoted textbook on defensive pistol shooting with a law enforcement emphasis. That's not surprising, as the author is a police officer and veteran of police training in Afghanistan. The focus here is on practical marksmanship and gun handling, centered around Glock pistols. It's hard to fault that, as Glocks have predominated in law enforcement circles for years....covers thoroughly the chosen subject matter."<br /> <i>- <b>InterMedia Outdoors, Inc</b></i><b>.</b><i>,</i>premier outdoor sports-oriented media group in the United States<br /><br /><span>"This definitely isn't Shooting for Dummies. With 600 pages, 300 illustrations, and more than 1300 endnotes. <i>Shooting to Survive: How to Fight with a Pistol</i> is a comprehensive guide for how to use a handgun against criminals or adversaries in a variety of situations. Outside of the basics</span><span></span><span>firearms safety, fundamentals of marksmanship, and reloading</span><span></span><span>the book also covers many advanced tactics, such as shooting while injured, cover and concealment, and unarmored vehicle combat."<br /> <i>- <b>RECOIL Magazine</b>,</i>Gun Lifestyle:Sport  Outdoor  Home &amp; Personal Defense</span>
zlib_text: CHAPTER 50 Well, yes. This was just about the lowest low moment I had ever
  experienced. In a life that had been, unhappily, quite filled with low
  moments. I mean, really. Here was this murderous general leering away at me
  and fondling the hair trigger of his pistol. Behind him were his potbellied
  troops looking down the barrels of their cannon. While on all sides my
  disarmed army was being kicked out of hiding and forced at gunpoint into the
  square. There can't be many moments lower than this. "You are not going to get
  away with this, Zennor," I said. Which was pretty feeble but about all I could
  think of at the moment. "Oh yes I am, little man." He raised the gun and
  pointed it between my eyes and caressed the trigger. Then lowered it. "But I
  don't want it to be too easy for you. Before I blow you away, you are going to
  watch me shoot every one of these treacherous deserters. They had the
  effrontery to attempt to raise their weapons in rebellion against me. They
  will die for this mist