Written by Greg Ellifritz Today marks the completion of six full years of blogging about self defense, firearms, and personal safety topics. I started this website on March 18, 2012 and have posted nearly 1300 total articles since then. Over the course of the last six years, the website has seen almost 20 […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Federal 38spl 130gr HST gel test This load is relatively new, but shows some good promise. It’s tough finding .38 special ammo that both expands and penetrates well, especially through heavy clothing. The Federal […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz I was contacted several months ago by a group of writers who wanted to use my handgun stopping power data in a new book they were writing. After some discussion with one of the writers, I allowed them to use my data. The book was published last month and […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz I’m seeing some posts from my friends talking about their kids participating in large protests and “walk outs” tomorrow. These walk outs are designed to raise awareness about school violence issues. Please discourage your child from participating in any of these events. After well-publicized school massacres, we regularly see […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz My friend Claude Werner (a former instructor at the Rogers shooting school) recently wrote an internet post which reminded me of a good drill that I had forgotten. The drill came out of Gila Hayes’ excellent book “Effective Defense- The Woman, The Plan, The Gun”. As a side note, […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Read this short article. Two Miramar SWAT officers suspended for heading to Parkland massacre. Want to know why some cops fail to act during a school shooting? It’s because they have inept commanders. Stuff like this happens with alarming frequency in the law enforcement world. Two cops from […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Let’s talk about bombs for a minute… This week, a Utah high school student was arrested after he attempted to detonate a large backpack bomb in his school. Luckily, the bomb malfunctioned and the school was evacuated before anyone was hurt. Those of you who have taken my […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Proof of Real Evil in the World When dealing with an “unknown contact,” it’s best to keep your hands out of your pockets. If you get taken to the ground and your attacker remains […]
This is a guest post about the Florida school shooting tragedy from noted police trainer and active killer researcher Ron Borsch. I think many of you will find his perspective valuable. -Greg The Broward County Parkland Florida Marjory Stoneman-Douglas School Rapid Mass Murder© February 14th 2018, is one of the biggest news stories in […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz My friend Claude Werner recently wrote an article where he postulated most shooters don’t do any real structured practice with their firearms. They plink or play, but they generally don’t perform drills designed with realistic standards in order to improve performance. In the article, Claude talked about sharing details and […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. There was lots of good commentary this week generated by the Florida school shooting. I’m going to start today’s Dump with a few of the better articles on the topic before getting back to […]
Last Tuesday, two teenage girls got in a fight outside a grocery store. Nothing unique about that. It happens every day. What is unique is that one of the girls defended herself with a knife…and the entire incident was caught on video. To set the stage for what’s happening, the girl in white […]
Lots of folks are talking about the poor performance of the Broward County Sheriff’s deputies during the recent Florida school shooting. The problem of police inaction goes way beyond this single agency. It’s system wide and present in nearly every law enforcement organization. A friend of mine wrote the article below to help explain some […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz My friend Claude Werner recently wrote an article where he postulated most shooters don’t do any real structured practice with their firearms. They plink or play, but they generally don’t perform drills designed with realistic standards in order to improve performance. In the article, Claude talked about sharing details and […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Why active shooter drills didn’t help in the Florida high school shooting Last week, I wrote about the need for police officers to respond to school fire alarms. This article serves as a good […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz I’ve spent the last two decades of my life intensively studying every school shooting I can find. I’ve read hundreds of thousands of pages of material describing every detail of every single school shooting in the last century. I’ve written more than 50 articles on the topic myself. I’ve trained countless […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz I originally wrote this piece in June of 2016 after seeing some horribly contentious gun control debates on my Facebook feed. Guess what I’m seeing now? You’re right. The very same political virtue signalling. The article is as useful today as it was two years ago when I first wrote it. […]
Here is a guest post submitted by Don Boal, lead investigator for Ron Borsch’s PACT organization. Don has a very simple and useful idea for protecting pedestrian areas from terrorist vehicle attacks. Thanks to Don for submitting the article! -Greg HOW TO PROTECT YOUR COMMUNITY FROM TERRORIST VEHICLE ATTACKS FOR FREE By […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Your “Tactical Tampon” is Useless for Life-Threatening Hemorrhage All of you who carry tampons for “packing gunshot wounds” are completely delusional. Read this article and find out why tampons are inadequate wound packing […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Everyone is talking about the latest school shooting and looking for solutions. I’ve been writing about how to solve this problem for more than a decade. It isn’t easy. While the ultimate solution will be found in prevention efforts, those efforts are both difficult to institute and costly. While […]
