Written by Greg Ellifritz Most of the readers of this site are avid shooters and are well aware of the current difficulties in finding a reliable supply of practice ammunition. Many people have begun stockpiling ammunition and there isn’t much available on the primary market. When it does become available, it is either […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. In order to win the public relations war and convince non-gun owners […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz The officials investigating the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December haven’t revealed much information to the public. Last week, a source leaked an interesting development and that information was published in two different media outlets. Check out the articles below for more details: Newtown killer likely wanted […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Seven And Thirty Matt Bracken writes a great article about the […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Back when I started working as a cop in the mid-1990s, the only source of reliable officer safety information was Police Marksman Magazine. I very quickly joined the organization and devoured all of their publications. Unfortunately, the magazine and organization went under about 10 years ago. Its failing […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. 5 Wild Edibles which are probably in your back yard. It’s […]
If any of you noticed last week’s repeated (albeit updated) articles, it was because I took a quick vacation to the Dominican Republic. Some friends visit the island every year and they invited me to go along. I had never been there before and it sounded like fun, so I hopped on the plane. […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Brass vs. Steel Cased Ammo – An Epic Torture Test […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz After the Oslo, Norway bombing in 2011, I wrote an article called All About Bombs. In it, I cautioned that a likely trend in bombing incidents would be that the bomber would be wearing a uniform. In a crisis, people wearing uniforms aren’t generally questioned. If […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. FBI focuses firearms training on close-quarters combat A step in the right […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Paul Howe’s Take on Gun Confiscation For anyone who advocates […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz In yesterday’s article I wrote about terrorist plans to combine bombing with active shooter teams in order to more effectively target Western tourists in Indonesia. More specifically, I wrote about terrorist plans to detonate a bomb at the local police station to serve as a distraction before they shot up […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz A recent terrorist plot was foiled by Indonesian authorities. The terrorists were planning on bombing areas where tourists would be congregating. For more information check out the link below: Indonesia foils terror plot on tourist spots I find it instructive to research the methods that the terrorist groups […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz The shooting drills below were compiled by Dan Brady and Will Ruprecht from a combination of shooting classes each has attended. Dave Spaulding posted the drills on his blog. The drills are all timed and times are tight. This would be a good drill to use to evaluate […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. America Doesn’t Have a Gun Problem, It Has a Gang Problem This […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz Last week, a 17-year old high school student in Alabama was arrested after teachers and police discovered that he was planning to kill several students in his school by using homemade grenades. The plot was discovered when a teacher read about it in a journal the student […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz Last Thursday morning (January 10), a 16-year old student entered Taft Union High School in Taft, California and opened fire with a shotgun. You may not have even heard the story since only three people were injured before the student gave up his gun. If you aren’t familiar with the […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. The Evolution of Mindset Training, Part 1 Very interesting history of […]
I’ll be teaching in Memphis, Tennessee on Saturday March 2nd at the Rangemaster Tactical Conference. The Conference looks to be a great learning opportunity and runs from March 1st to March 3rd in conjunction with a low light shooting match. The class I’m teaching is called: “Responding to the Close […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Conditioning is a Sham Mark Rippetoe exposes the single biggest myth […]
