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News and Tactical Advice

The Nigerian Mosque Bombing

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Did you hear about the Nigerian Mosque bombing/shooting on November 28th?  If not, you’ll want to pay attention.  It was one of the most deadly terrorist attacks this year; 120 died and 270 more people were injured.   Read about it HERE.   The tactics in the attack were simple […]

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice, Tactical Training Scenarios
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Fighting Against the Odds

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Read the story below: In Kenya, Al-Shabab gunmen slay 28 bus passengers who could not recite an Islamic creed   A band of 20 Islamist terrorists armed with automatic weapons tried to stop a bus filled with local citizens in Kenya. The driver heroically kept driving. The terrorists raked the bus […]

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice, Tactical Training Scenarios
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The Florida State University Shooting

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Early last Thursday morning (November 20), a mentally ill man entered the Strozier Library on the Florida State University campus and began shooting.  It was 12:30 am and approximately 100 students were studying in the library at the time.  The mentally ill man had complained to friends about government conspiracies […]

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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The Georgia Courthouse Shooting

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   On June 6, 2014, a man drove his vehicle up to the front of a Georgia Courthouse.  As he drove, he dropped home made spike strips to deflate tires of any responding police officers and then dropped tear gas and smoke grenades to further delay police response.   He was […]

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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The Seattle Pacific University Active Killer

Written by Greg Ellifritz   On Thursday June 5, 2014, a killer entered the library at Seattle Pacific University.   The mentally ill man had stopped taking all of his medications two weeks earlier because he “wanted to feel the hate.”   The killer brought a shotgun with him and shot four people, killing one, […]

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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The UCSB Active Killer

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   On May, 23, 2014 the City of Isla Vista California endured the rampage of yet another active killer.  I’m a little late covering the event, as I was out of the country at the time.  Timeliness isn’t all that important in this case, however.  The killer here acted in the […]

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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The Georgia FedEx Shooting

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   In addition to the two school shootings that were aborted last week, there was another active killer incident in Georgia. Unfortunately, this shooting was not thwarted.  It didn’t get much media attention once the reporters found out that the weapon the shooter used was a shotgun, instead of the “assault […]

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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Two School Shootings Aborted

Written by: Greg Ellifritz Last week we had two planned school shootings aborted in the USA after the intervention from concerned citizens and parents.  This is how it is supposed to work.  Let’s take a look at the two incidents and see what we can learn.   The more widely publicized incident occurred in Waseca, […]

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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The Maryland Mall Shooting and a Frightening Prediction

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Last weekend, a 19-year old man shot up a Maryland shopping mall, killing two and wounding one other before killing himself.  Five more people were injured in the stampede to get away from the mall.  John Lott has a good summary of the incident HERE.  Additional information from this article […]

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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Lessons Learned from the Roswell School Shooting

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Did you see the news about last week’s shooting at a Roswell, New Mexico middle school?  It didn’t get wide media coverage (likely because of a small body count).  A student entered the school before classes began with a shotgun in a duffel bag.  He fired three rounds, injuring two […]

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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The Somalia Hotel Bombing

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Did you read about the terrorist bombing/shooting in Somalia January 1st?  If not, check out the two articles below for a quick recap: Fatal Attacks Strike a Hotel in Somalia Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for deadly hotel bombing   Al-Shabaab is the fastest growing terrorist group in the world.  It is […]

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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Lessons Learned from the Volgograd Suicide Bombings

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Earlier this week, the Russian city of Volgograd suffered two separate bombings, both linked to Islamist extremist groups.  The first bombing occurred in the city train station, killing at least 16 people and injuring 40 more.  Watch the video below from RT.com to see the effects of the blast from […]

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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Cars as Weapons of Mass Destruction?

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   A couple weeks ago, I posted THIS ARTICLE about Islamist terrorists using a car (rather than a gun or bomb) to commit a mass killing.  Did you know that the same thing has occurred in the United States as well?   Soon after I published the article, my friend Ron […]

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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Mobile Killers

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   One consistent descriptor of active killers is that they tend to update their tactics in order to stay ahead of the cops and armed citizens who are trying to stop their massacres.  Recently they have been using the tactic of going mobile to prolong their shooting sprees.  This started with […]

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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Terrorist Attack in China

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   I’m betting that most of you folks didn’t hear about the Islamist terrorist attack in China last week.  If you don’t know anything about it, pay attention…   Details are reported HERE.    Remember, this terrorist attack happened in China (where guns are outlawed)….   Terrorists drove their car into a […]

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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The 2012 LEOKA Report- Studying the Cop Killers

Written by: Greg Ellifritz     The FBI recently released its annual Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted report.  According to the FBI webpage:     “The FBI publishes Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted each year to provide information about officers who were killed, feloniously or accidentally, and those officers who were assaulted while […]

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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Optimizing Your Training Experience

  We train a lot of students every year at TDI.  When students come to a four-day class, we want them to get a good value and be able to concentrate on the instruction, rather than battling gear issues.   TDI staff instructor John Motil has the following advice after seeing a couple students suffering […]

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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The Sparks, Nevada School Shooting- Five Points To Consider

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   On Monday morning, a 12-year old seventh grader in Sparks, Nevada shot and killed one teacher and wounded two other students on the school playground before classes began.  The shooter then killed himself with the same gun.  If you are unfamiliar with the event check out this article from CNN. […]

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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Video Critique of the Nairobi Mall Attack

Written by Greg Ellifritz   CNN has gathered CCTV surveillance video showing the tactics used by the terrorists in the recent Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya.  The video is short and very instructive.  Watch it below…     I’ve discussed several of the lessons learned from the attack HERE.  This video brings up several […]

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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More Information on the Nairobi Terrorist Attack

Written by: Greg Ellifritz       THIS ARTICLE offers the best reporting of the Nairobi terrorist attack to date.  It’s long, but its worth your time.  Some interesting things have come out…     Police arrived but refused to make entry for several hours. Two uniformed police officers presumably ignored orders to stay outside […]

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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