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Exploding Targets Considered Illegal Under Ohio Law
TweetWritten by Greg Ellifritz I recently became aware of a published legal opinion from the Ohio State Fire Marshal’s Office. I’ve copied the full opinion below, but the Cliff’s Notes version is that if you shoot a commercially purchased or homemade exploding target in Ohio, you could face felony charges! I [...]
Continue reading...Boston Bombing
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
TweetWritten by Greg Ellifritz Yesterday, at least two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. At least three other secondary devices were located in the area before detonation. At last check, three people have died and more than 100 were injured. In July of 2011, I wrote an [...]
Continue reading...Weekend Knowledge Dump- February 22, 2013
Friday, February 22, 2013
Tweet 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 [...]
Continue reading...Terrorists in Uniform
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Tweet 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 [...]
Continue reading...Weekend Knowledge Dump- February 1, 2013
Friday, February 1, 2013
Tweet 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 [...]
Continue reading...Bombs Used by the “Batman” Active Shooter
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Tweet 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 [...]
Continue reading...School Bomb Attack Thwarted
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Tweet 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 [...]
Continue reading...A Parent’s Guide to School Shootings
Friday, December 14, 2012
Tweet I walked into the high school wearing two guns and a bullet resistant vest. I had a rifle, six spare magazines, and a ballistic helmet stashed close by in my car. It was Wednesday, April 21st 1999, the day after what had been the worst school shooting in United States history. Two high school [...]
Continue reading...Weekend Knowledge Dump- July 27, 2012
Friday, July 27, 2012
Tweet 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. Edible Weeds Some good information on some commonly seen [...]
Continue reading...The Secondary Device…
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Tweet Read the article. 340 people injured because they didn’t understand the single most basic concept of terrorist bombings. Thailand Bombing According to the story, the first explosion was a car bomb in a car parked in a shopping area. Then: “About 20 minutes later, just as onlookers gathered at the blast site, [...]
Continue reading...All About Bombs
Sunday, March 18, 2012
TweetWritten by Greg Ellifritz After the recent incident in Oslo, Norway (where a man placed a bomb near a government building and then later went on a shooting spree at a youth summer camp), I’ve received several requests for advice about how to deal with the aftermath of a bombing incident. While this article [...]
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- ferndale: 1) the tennis ball taped to bar tool has helped me eliminate 90% of my shoulder and back pain over the last 6 weeks. my shoulders are open, which has...
- ferndale: the "swatting" prank is increasingly used, too. that involves calling 911 and telling them your enemy is armed and suicidal or has a hostage. in thi...
- D. Hide: It may not seem like much to you, but this is really eye-opening for those of us not privy to this knowledge previously. On the one hand, now we are b...
- Daniel: I'm a dad with a little girl who loves to have dady carry her. So naturally, since she has me wrapped around her little finger, I carry her a lot...
- Daniel: I use the same method, have been for several years now with a mid sized/compact .45 IWB. I adopted it after studying what makes fast draw artists...
- Gary Griffiths: Excellent article with many good points. Back in the day, as a CID Special Agent, I always carried behind the hip, at 4 O'clock, because it was best ...
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