Written by: Greg Ellifritz With the growing number of commercially made tourniquets, an increase in availability of medical courses focusing on gunshot wounds, a greater chance of getting caught up in an active killer event, and the classes like Stop the Bleed being offered everywhere, the issue of tourniquets is on many of my […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Cops and armed citizens shoot themselves with alarming frequency. One recent story discussed how a police officer shot himself after slipping on the ice while serving a warrant. That type of accidental shooting is far more common than you might think. It’s critical as tacticians that we understand how it […]
Ten years ago, an experienced handgun instructor contacted me to help him reconstruct the events of an accidental shooting. This instructor shot himself while reholstering after doing a demonstration during a basic concealed handgun class. I know what you are thinking…. “He shouldn’t have had his finger on the trigger when […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Making Pocket-Sized Pistols Suck Less Good advice for maximizing your shooting abilities with smaller defensive pistols. APPLICATIONS OF THE SMALL REVOLVER – PART 1 Speaking of “pocket pistols.” the J-frame has some […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz I’ve written in the past about some ballistic testing I observed at one of the past Rangemaster Tactical Conferences I attended. The bottom line of the article was that one shouldn’t depend on expansion from short barreled pocket pistols. That article generated all kinds of emails and questions on […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. What common or household objects will stop bullets? A very comprehensive look at the difference between cover and concealment. Ayoob: Don’t Make These Carry Gun Mod Mistakes Pay attention to Massad’s advice […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. The Blue Brief: How To Survive a Carjacking Cars are becoming increasingly difficult to hot wire. We’ve become increasingly distracted by our phones. Criminals are figuring out that if they want a car, it’s […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. 5 Best Rimfire Loads for Self-Defense These are the .22 loads I carry in my defensive rimfire handguns. Best Showers Guns to Protect Your Bathroom I’m about as paranoid as anyone can […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz People are losing their shit. It’s almost like the world has been turned completely upside down in a very short period of time. In my police job, the calls about erratic behavior, mental illness, and alcohol/drug abuse have increased significantly in the last couple months. There are a lot of […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. What is The Best Revolver Speedloader? Justin did a massive amount of work and shot a whole bunch of rounds to provide you with this useful data. Throw a buck in his Patreon account […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Vertical Fetal Position Jeff calls hugging your cover “the vertical fetal position.” It’s a bad idea. Stay at least arms’ length away from your cover unless you are defending against an elevated threat. […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. A gun on your nightstand isn’t the best idea, no matter who says so Grant provides some sound advice about staging defensive weapons in the house. I would also recommend having a solid […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Math for Marksmen: The Speed Vs. Accuracy Equation The Mountain Guerrilla weighs in on what he thinks is the optimal balance between speed and accuracy. You should also read his followup article on Calling […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. POLICE AMBUSHES We’ve had four cops in this country shot from ambush last week. My cop friends need to take a look at how other agencies who have experienced this level of police violence […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Fear Illusions: How Your Brain Gets Hacked Every Day Very important information about how fear and anxiety are processed in the brain. “The world is as scary as you decide it is & as […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Officer Involved Shooting Shows How Quickly a Gunfight Develops Police shoot another unarmed man. Watch the video. Tell me you wouldn’t have done the exact same thing. Keep this in mind when you hear […]
Links to some of the best tactical information on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Enroll in Ohio Firearm Training Events Buckeye Firearms Association is the premier gun rights advocacy group in Ohio. They host me and several other instructors to teach classes as fund raisers […]
Links to some of the best tactical information on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Lowlight dryfire practice The Tactical Professor shares how to integrate a flashlight into your dryfire practice. 12 Survival Lessons from Ukraine What can we learn from the fighting in Ukraine? […]
Links to some of the best reading on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Ferguson National Response Network The grand jury decision from the Ferguson, Missouri police shooting is due out any time…most likely next week. This is a comprehensive listing of the planned protests in the […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz Last weekend I had the honor of teaching at Paul-E-Palooza 2 with some of the top firearms, medicine, and combative instructors in the nation. The training conference was organized by Sherman House and William Aprill as a fund raiser for our late friend Paul Gomez‘ children. The conference was […]
