Author: Bob Campbell

Bob Campbell’s primary qualification is a lifelong love of firearms, writing, and scholarship. He holds a degree in Criminal Justice but is an autodidact in matters important to his readers. Campbell considers unarmed skills the first line of defense and the handgun the last resort. (He gets it honest- his uncle Jerry Campbell is in the Boxer’s Hall of Fame.) Campbell has authored well over 6,000 articles columns and reviews and fourteen books for major publishers including Gun Digest, Skyhorse and Paladin Press. Campbell served as a peace officer and security professional and has made hundreds of arrests and been injured on the job more than once. He has written curriculum on the university level, served as a lead missionary, and is desperately in love with Joyce. He is training his grandchildren not to be snowflakes. At an age when many are thinking of retirement, Bob is working a 60-hour week and awaits being taken up in a whirlwind many years in the future. Published in Black Belt Magazine Combat Handguns Handloader Rifle Magazine Handguns Gun Digest Gun World Tactical World SWAT Magazine American Gunsmith Gun Tests Magazine Women and Guns The Journal Voice of American Law Enforcement Police Magazine Law Enforcement Technology The Firearms Instructor Tactical World Concealed Carry Magazine Concealed Carry Handguns Books published Holsters for Combat and Concealed Carry The 1911 Automatic Pistol The Handgun in Personal Defense The Illustrated Guide to Handgun Skills The Hunter and the Hunted The Gun Digest Book of Personal Defense The Gun Digest Book of the 1911 The Gun Digest Book of the 1911 second edition Dealing with the Great Ammunition Shortage Commando Gunsmithing The Ultimate Book of Gunfighting Preppers Guide to Rifles Preppers Guide to Shotguns The Accurate Handgun

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