Massad Ayoob

Massad F. Ayoob (born July 20, 1948) is an American firearms and self-defense instructor. He has taught police techniques and civilian self-defense to both law enforcement officers and private citizens since 1974. He was the director of the Lethal Force Institute in Concord, New Hampshire, from 1981 to 2009, and now operates his own company.[1] Ayoob has appeared as an expert witness in several trials. He served as a part-time police officer in New Hampshire since 1972 and retired in 2017 with the rank of Captain from the Grantham, New Hampshire, police department.[2]

Massad Ayoob
Born	Massad F. Ayoob (1948-07-20) July 20, 1948
Occupation	Policeman, firearms and self-defense instructor, writer
Website	http://www.ayoob.com/ http://massadayoobgroup.com/

Career

Massad Ayoob and Joyce Wilson at NRA Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, 2018

Ayoob has authored several books and more than 1,000 articles on firearms, combat techniques, self-defense, and legal issues, and has served in an editorial capacity for Guns Magazine, American Handgunner, Gun Week, Guns & Ammo and Combat Handguns. Since 1995, he has written self-defense and firearms related articles for Backwoods Home Magazine. He also has a featured segment on the television show Personal Defense TV, which is broadcast on the Sportsman Channel in the US.

While Ayoob has been in the courtroom as a testifying police officer, expert witness, and police prosecutor, he is not an attorney; he is, however, a former Vice Chairman of the Forensic Evidence Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), and is believed to be the only non-attorney ever to hold this position.[3][4] His course for attorneys, titled "The Management of the Lethal Force/Deadly Weapons Case", was, according to Jeffrey Weiner: "the best course for everything you need to know but are never taught in law school."[4]

Ayoob has also designed two tactical knives;[5] in 1998 a sheath knife for Master of Defense (currently BLACKHAWK!),[6][7] and in 2001 a folding knife for Spyderco.[8][9]

Personal life

Ayoob is of Syrian descent.[10] His grandparents immigrated to North America in the latter part of the 19th century.[11]

Publications

Books

Title	ISBN	Year of first publication
Armed and Alive		1979
In The Gravest Extreme: The Role of the Firearm in Personal Protection	ISBN 978-0-936279-00-8	1980
The Experts Speak Out: The Police View of Gun Control		1981
The Truth About Self-Protection	ISBN 978-0-936279-13-8	1983
Stressfire. Volume I of Gunfighting for Police: Advanced Tactics and Techniques with Ray Chapman	ISBN 978-0-936279-03-9	1986
Gunproof Your Children / Massad Ayoob's Handgun Primer	ISBN 978-0-936279-05-3	1986
Hit The White Part	ISBN 978-0-936279-01-5	1986
The Semi-Automatic Pistol in Police Service and Self Defense	ISBN 978-0-936279-07-7	1987
Police Survival Shooting (How Close is too Close)		1990
Stressfire II: Advanced Combat Shotgun. Volume II of Gunfighting for Police: Advanced Tactics and Techniques	ISBN 978-0-936279-11-4	1992
Effective Defense: The Woman, the Plan, the Gun with Gila May-Hayes	ISBN 978-1-885036-01-8	1994
Ayoob on Firearms	CD collection of 40 articles from Backwoods Home Magazine	1994-2001
Ayoob Files: The Book	ISBN 978-0-936279-16-9	1995
Fundamentals of Modern Police Impact Weapons	ISBN 978-0-398-03748-2	1996
The Complete Book of Handguns		1998–2001
The Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery 5th Edition	ISBN 978-0-87349-485-4	2002
The Gun Digest Book of SIG-Sauer: A Complete Look at SIG Sauer Pistols	ISBN 978-0-87349-755-8	2004
The Gun Digest Book of Beretta Pistols: Function, Accuracy, Performance	ISBN 978-0-87349-998-9	2005
The Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery 6th Edition	ISBN 978-0-89689-525-6	2007
The Gun Digest Book of Concealed Carry	ISBN 978-0-89689-611-6	2008
Greatest Handguns of The World	ISBN 978-1-4402-0825-6	2010
Combat Shooting with Massad Ayoob	ISBN 978-1-4402-1857-6	2011
Greatest Handguns of The World Volume 2	ISBN 978-1-4402-2869-8	2012
Gun Digest Book of Concealed Carry 2nd Edition	ISBN 978-1-4402-3267-1	2012
Gun Safety in the Home	ISBN 978-1-4402-3987-8	2014
Gun Digest Book of SIG-Sauer 2nd Edition	ISBN 978-1-4402-3914-4	2014
Deadly Force: Understanding Your Right to Self Defense	ISBN 978-1-4402-4061-4	2014

Videos

Title	Year of first publication
LFI Handgun Safety	year unknown
Stressfire Series Part One: Handgun	1986
Stressfire Series Part Two: Shotgun	year unknown
Stressfire Series Part Three: Rifle	year unknown
Judicious Use of Deadly Force	1990
Physio-Psychological Aspects of Violent Encounters	1990
Post Shooting Trauma	1990
Shoot to Live: Gunfight Survival	1994
Cute Lawyer Tricks	1995
Masters of Defense: An Inside Look at the Designs, the Designers, and Their Tactics	1999
Make Ready with Massad Ayoob Home Defense	2011
Make Ready with Massad Ayoob On Concealed Carry"	2013
Make Ready with Massad Ayoob Lethal Force FAQ"	2013

Podcasts

Ayoob hosts the ProArms Podcast.[12][13]

See also

• Jeff Cooper

References

1. MassadAyoobGroup.com page discussing LFI and MAG. Archived 2010-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
2. Grantham NH Police Department website Archived 2007-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
3. Casey, Patrick. "About Massad Ayoob, Popular Firearms Author". recguns.com. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
4. "Massad Ayoob joins the ENVISAGE Advisory Board". ENVISAGE. 2006-05-09. Archived from the original on August 18, 2007. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
5. "About custom knives". Backwoods Home Magazine. Archived from the original on 23 September 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
6. "Razorback TROCAR Knife". Officer. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
7. "Seven Supreme Sequels - MOD Knives". Tactical Life Magazine. 30 January 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
8. Kertzman, Joe (2001). Sporting Knives 2002. Krause Publications. p. 51. ISBN 9780873492669. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
9. "Spyderco Massad Ayoob - Spyderco, Inc". spyderco.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
10. An interview with a lethal man by Peter and Helen Evans, web posted 14 February 2005
11. Reflections on the Immediate Past Presidency Archived 2010-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. 20 February 2009. "Being the grandson of Arab-Americans who immigrated to this country more than 110 years ago..."
12. ProArms Podcast
13. Gun Rights Radio Network

External links

• Lethal Force Institute
• Massad Ayoob Group
• Backwoods Home Magazine -- columns by Massad Ayoob
• An Interview with a Lethal Man
• Personal Defense TV Season V