Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. EXCLUSIVE: France ‘Suppressed Reports of Gruesome Torture’ at Bataclan Massacre Read this account of the atrocities faced by the hostages at the Bataclan theater. If it doesn’t motivate you to prepare yourself to prevail […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz As I write this post, I am about three weeks into my recovery for a fairly major abdominal surgery. I was under the knife for almost three hours and now have seven healing incisions in my belly. It also required an overnight stay in the hospital. I’m happy to say that […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Last week, three ISIS terrorists conducted simultaneous attacks on the unsecured areas of Istanbul’s international airport. They entered the airport armed with AK rifles and suicide bomb vests. They split up, went to separate areas of the airport and began shooting and blowing up their bombs. A total of […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Last week I wrote a post about the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando Florida. In it, I outlined the story and provided some guidance that would help the average citizen survive a similar homicidal killing spree. Go back and read it before you move on to the second part below. […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Baggage Claim Ed talks about some of the dangers present in the baggage claim area of a third world airport. He’s right. Lots of shady characters hang out there. Be careful. Two more tips: […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Early Sunday morning on June 12, a murderer (who won’t be named here) pledging fealty to the Islamic terrorist group ISIS, entered an Orlando gay nightclub and shot more than 100 people. Preliminary accounts indicate that 49 innocent victims were killed and an additional 54 victims were hospitalized with injuries. […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. How To Survive A Riot When All Hell Breaks Loose A very long article with lots of good tips for surviving crowd violence. Along the same lines, you may also want to check out […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Lauren and I spent last week on a short vacation. Our primary destination was Cuba, where we spent four days in Havana. As there are no direct flights for tourists from the USA, we had to catch a flight from Cancun, Mexico. Since we both love the beach there, we […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Appendix Carry (AIWB) Basics: Keep it Secret. Keep it Safe. “Usually, when somebody says they’ve tried appendix carry and then they immediately decide they don’t like it, it’s because they’re using the wrong kind of holster. […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Vision, Perception, Combat, and Court How cognitive perception interferes with your ability to see motorcycles on the road and additional attackers in a gunfight. Self-Defense Law: The 5 Elements for Justified Use […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. TangoFoxtrot’s Rifle Dust Tests: Mini-14, AUG, ARX-100, SCAR Some interesting dust tests using common rifles. Now you know why I hate the Mini-14. Even more interesting to me (since I don’t live in a […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Within the last two weeks there have been two very high profile active killer events in the United States. The first was when an Uber driver shot eight people in Michigan. The second was when a lawnmower manufacturing worker shot 17 people in Kansas. Even though the two killings […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Do you carry religiously? You may not be as safe as you believe. Grant brings up a very good point here and I tend to agree with him. I travel out of the country […]
Take a couple of minutes and watch the video in the link below. Even if you aren’t a police officer, it highlights a dangerous situation for which you should probably be prepared. If you are a cop, do you have a plan for dealing with a pursuit suspect who quickly jumps out of a […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Glass bottle attempt: concealed weapon breakdown This type of situation is one that many entry-level CCW permit holders find extremely challenging. Watch the video and read the excellent analysis. A woman high on drugs walks […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Mental Health Reform Will Not Reduce US Gun Violence, Experts Say “But while few people would disagree with the need for mental health reform, scientists who study gun violence say it won’t make much […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz First off, let me wish all my American readers a happy Thanksgiving holiday. I hope you are spending it eating good food and spending quality time with the folks you love. I’ll be spending my holiday in a police cruiser. I work all the holidays so that my coworkers with […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz You have undoubtedly heard about the multiple coordinated terrorist attacks that rocked France last Friday night. I’m researching the events and will provide a full debrief and “lessons learned” once more information has been released. This should not be a shock to any long term readers of this site. […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. What to tell friends about surviving an active shooter Probably the simplest and most direct guidelines I’ve seen covering active shooter tactics. This article should be called “How to Survive an Active Shooter in […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Officer Involved Shooting Shows How Quickly a Gunfight Develops Police shoot another unarmed man. Watch the video. Tell me you wouldn’t have done the exact same thing. Keep this in mind when you hear […]
