It will make you a professional killer! For example, it gives you advice like handguns are great close-range weapons. The Death Dealer’s Manual promises you a book written after decades of real-world research. In fact, in urban warfare, there is “no substitute for the sling.” The Death Dealer’s Manual Admittedly I wasn’t fighting in urban battles when this book was published, but I’m pressing X to doubt.Īccording to this book, you aren’t even properly armed without a sling. Where this book and Paladin Press lose me is near the end in a section called “Urban Warfare.” There the book takes a turn and declares the sling is becoming a preferred weapon for urban survival and warfare. I can buy it as a valid hunting tool, and it’s been proven effective for hundreds of years. As the name implies, it’s about the Sling and its use for sport and survival. It’s the book that inspired this article, actually. I started looking through this book because I like weird weapons, specifically primitive weapons.

38 Special in your pants! It never tells you why you should fake surrender and effectively decrease your draw time. If you’re approached by three, although the book advises it works on two bad guys, raise your hands up like you are going to surrender! As they approach, reach for the. This is taught as a viable technique in a street fight when you are facing your enemy, just whip the chain around his leg and trip him! My second favorite is in the end. My favorite parts included using a chain to wrap around the bad guy’s leg and then tripping him. As you dive into this manual, you learn how to use and defend yourself with Weapons of the Street! You get goofy photos and seemingly complicated techniques explained in about a paragraph about how to use and defend yourself from clubs, bike chains, and more. Weapons of the Street greets you with three surly-looking tough guys all armed with some form of weapon. I’ve gathered and regrettably spent a ton of time reading their books and have settled on five that are funny, crazy, and controversial. Others were, for lack of a better term, bat poop crazy. Some of their books were harmless and silly, fodder for teenage boys. They also published some straight-up mall ninja-like rubbish. They covered interesting topics like dealing with surveillance and bugs. People like Rex Applegate and Sykes and Fairbairn have books published by Paladin Press or reprinted, at the very least. A lot of them were from some very respected military and police sources. Paladin Press was an interesting company.

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