Written by Greg Ellifritz As I write this, Kenyan officials just declared the terrorist hostage siege in a Nairobi shopping mall to be over. A current count of fatalities is at 75, with nearly 200 more reported injured in the three day event. For those of you who haven’t heard about this terrorist attack, here […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Officials are remaining tight lipped about the Washington Navy Yard active killer incident that occurred a week ago. Not much information about the attack is being released. Most sources have determined that the killer gained access to the facility where he worked by using his own pass card. He carried […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Did you hear about the school shooting in the Georgia elementary school two weeks ago? It received a little news coverage, but then quickly faded from the headlines after people learned that no children were actually injured. A mentally unstable man entered the elementary school carrying an AK-47 rifle, extra […]
Back in April of last year, a retired NYPD Lieutenant shot and killed an armed robber who was attempting to shoot the three police officers who were trying to apprehend him. The shooting is unusual for two reasons: One is that the shooter is a RETIRED cop. He essentially is in the same position […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz A lot of my friends are linking to this story about an instructor accidentally shooting a student during a concealed carry class. Most of the comments disparage the instructor and make the assumption that he is a poorly trained, inept, NRA basic handgun instructor. That isn’t the case. […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz On Monday night, a resident of Ross Twp. Pennsylvania shot up a board of supervisors meeting at the township municipal building. The shooter was allegedly angry about the enforcement of some zoning regulations. Three people were killed and three more were injured. The shooting had some elements that […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz PoliceOne.com had a recent feature article that you all should read. It is titled Lessons from a mass-murder: How to prepare for the worst and is the account of an off-duty Norwegian policeman who was the first cop to respond to Anders Breivik’s terrorist bombing in Oslo. That bombing […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz School shootings aren’t only confined to the United States. Neither are terrorist attacks. Last Saturday, 42 students and a teacher were killed by Islamist terrorists in Northern Nigeria. The same group has killed more than 1600 other civilians (mostly children) in the last three years. The group’s name […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz In the wake of the Santa Monica College shooting last week, multiple news outlets are running stories purporting to provide tips about “surviving a mass shooting”. Depending on the author and the source, some of these are pretty decent. Some, on the other hand are horrible. Take this […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz Last Friday, our nation experienced yet another active killer targeting a school. The shooter was killed by police as he shot up the library of Santa Monica College in California. His 13-minute long streak of violence killed five people and injured five more. Details continue to emerge, […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Please take a look at the stories below. Another school attack was thwarted because an alert person had the courage to report this wannabe killer. One of the killer’s fellow students called 911 after the suspect asked the student to videotape the explosions. Oregon teen school bomb […]
Written 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 know […]
Written 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 article called […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz There’s a reason why knowledgeable trainers in this business don’t use the term “Active Shooter.” They prefer the term “Active Killer” instead. The person who is trying to murder as many people as possible doesn’t have to be using a gun, he may be using other weapons like explosives or […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz The search warrants and inventories of items seized during the investigation of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting last December have just been released this morning. As it is essentially “breaking news”, a thorough analysis has not been done. However, there are a few good articles out there listing some […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz This week, a Chardon Ohio teen was sentenced to life in prison for killing three of his classmates. No one knows why he did it. He admits he doesn’t even know why I took a gun to school that day. What is clear to me is that […]
By Greg Ellifritz I’m borrowing the “aborted” terminology from my friend Ron Borsch who has done more research on rapid mass murderers than anyone in history. What we are talking about is when a shooter plans to kill and his plan is interrupted. I don’t know if this event would match the strict definition (as […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
