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News and Tactical Advice

Test Fire Your New Guns!

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Here’s a quick cautionary tale…   I recently purchased a Smith and Wesson 351C.  It’s a cool little titanium airlight .22 magnum 7 shot revolver.  I have a couple of other similar guns.  They shoot well and are great pocket “backup” guns.  I was excited to shoot my new purchase.  […]

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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Shotgun Tips from TDI’s John Motil

  This is  a guest post written by TDI General Manager and Instructor John Motil.  John is at every shotgun class taught at TDI and put together a few notes based on past experience about what works and what doesn’t.  It’s good advice. -Greg   – Make sure your shotgun has a stock (either polymer […]

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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The ISIS Bus Attack

Written by: Greg Ellifritz Although it went virtually unmentioned in the US national media, ISIS perpetrated a vicious massacre against members of a different Islamic sect in Pakistan last week.  The terrorists targeted a bus full of Shiite Muslims on their way to a community center.  Six terrorists used motorcycles to ride along side the […]

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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The North Thurston High School Shooting

Written by: Greg Ellifritz On Monday, April 28th, 2015, a sophomore student in Lacey, Washington walked into a commons room and fired two shots with a revolver.  One shot hit the ceiling and one shot hit the floor.  No one was injured in the shooting.  The shooter was stopped by an unarmed teacher who tackled […]

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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A Failure to Acknowledge Reality

Written by: Greg Ellifritz “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   I took a call a couple of weeks ago at work.  A woman was reporting that she had been “attacked” by an […]

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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Uniformed Terrorists

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Did you see the news last week about the terrorist cell operating in Belgium?  They were preparing a terrorist attack in that country and were arrested just a few hours before the start of their attack.  How were they going to do it?  They had Belgian police uniforms, explosives, and […]

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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Active Killers in Paris

Written by Greg Ellifritz   On Wednesday, January 7, 2014 three masked Islamic terrorists entered the offices of a satire magazine in Paris, France.  They used AK-47 rifles and an RPG to kill 10 journalists and two police officers before making their escape.  Ten more people were wounded in the attack.  According to news sources, […]

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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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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