Earlier this week, a student shot four people at Wilmer-Hutchins high school in Dallas. I found this article that provides an excellent summary of the incident. The link shows video of how the shooter got past the school metal detectors as well as of the shooting itself. https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/dallas-wilmer-hutchins-high-school-shooting-suspect-tracy-haynes-jr-arrest-affidavit-video/ Two quick thoughts (as […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. The Whippoorwill That Wasn’t Paul gives us an excellent update that all of you who are interested in preparedness should read. Understanding The Objective Standard Mandatory content for my police readers. You […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Please be careful this week. Terrorists and crazy people put a lot of credence in the importance of symbolism. Historical anniversary dates are important to them. This week contains the anniversary dates of: – The Boston Bombing – The Columbine Shooting – The Virginia Tech Massacre – The […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Arriving at Your Class Tips for your first shooting class. Still looking for a quality class? Read How to Find Quality Training. Investigating Edged Weapons Cases Information about edged weapons attacks. […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Ayoob Files: Murder or Self-Defense? Massad Ayoob brings up some legal issues you should understand in this case debrief. For more of Mas’ content, read Lost Secret of Pistol Shooting: The Crush Grip […]
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It’s spring time. We are starting to see our annual rash of “mass shootings.” Take a look at these mass shooting events that have popped off in the last couple weeks. 3 killed and 15 hurt in a shooting at a park in New Mexico’s Las Cruces 2 dead, 4 injured after mass shooting […]
I don’t do many video interviews and I don’t often talk about police topics anymore. My friend Warren Wilson convinced me to do both. Warren is writing an article for Police 1 about the hazards of off duty police intervention and wanted to interview me about the topic as a supplement to his article. […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Ayoob: Is Your Trigger Finger Placement Wrong? Even if you have been shooting for a long time, I would encourage you to spend some time playing with different trigger finger positions. You might be […]
*This is a guest posting from a friend and student who wishes to remain anonymous (you’ll see why after you read the article). The author is a “gun guy” with military special operations experience and a lot of formal firearms training under his belt. He is attending a police academy with the hopes of becoming […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Randomizing Training Something to consider when planning your training sessions. Be Hard to Kill – It Starts with the Mind Getting your mind right. “Flexible Impact Weapons”, part 1. Some […]
Amazon has a tremendous number of FREE ebooks on their website. You can find thousands of free kindle books on Amazon’s site every day. These books can be downloaded to a Kindle reader or a free App on your phone or personal computer. Even if you don’t have a Kindle, you can download a free […]
Since I retired from my cop job and I only teach a couple days a month, I spend most of my days wearing gym clothes. Most often, when I leave my house, I’m either going to the gym or going hiking. For those activities I find it exceptionally easy to carry my gun in […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. The Unlived Life I’m finding social media so contentious and full of such nasty political rhetoric (on both sides) that, for the first time ever, I’m thinking about deleting all of my accounts. Here’s […]
I have a quick teaching tip for all of you who are instructing firearms or combatives classes. Last week I wrote about a relationship workshop that a friend and I took together. About half of the class consisted of drills where we students were paired up with each other as partners to practice the […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. A Deep Dive into Cases Where Civilians Stopped Active Shooters Very interesting data here. Joining The One Percent In what category do you reside? Any plans to change that? Have […]
Amazon has a tremendous number of FREE ebooks on their website. You can find thousands of free kindle books on Amazon’s site every day. These books can be downloaded to a Kindle reader or a free App on your phone or personal computer. Even if you don’t have a Kindle, you can download a free […]
*Content Warning* The following post describes a seminar I recently attended. It has some sexual (but not explicit) content. If the idea of developing deep connections with strangers through the use of eye contact, breath work, and touch offends you, please don’t read any further. The article primarily describes the elements of the seminar that […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Spending the night on the Streets of Portland Encounters with mentally ill homeless people are common. I think it’s useful to see how they live in order to better understand a population that most […]
“Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie.” ~ Miyamoto Musashi Let me tell you all about a call I once took when I was a police officer. A woman reported that she had been […]
