Links to some of the best tactical information on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire ballistic test Range Hot conducted ballistic gelatin testing of numerous .22 magnum rounds out of both a handgun and rifle. I really like this round. Loaded with the […]
My friend Ron Borsch recently updated his statistics looking at the last five years’ crime stats with regards to what he calls “Rapid Mass Murders.” Ron has consistently provided some of the highest quality research in the world with regard to active killers. Ron agreed to share his latest research summary with my […]
Links to some of the best tactical information on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Reaper Tips: The Hathcock Shooting Position A shooting position which has undeniable utility in some situations, yet most folks have never used it. I find that it works pretty well. If you […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz Last weekend I had the honor of attending famed instructor Ed Lovette’s final class before retirement. Ed was a police officer in the 1970s eventually working his way into a position teaching firearms and officer survival tactics at his state police academy. From that position, he was recruited by the CIA […]
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 […]
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, […]
Links to some of the best information on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Making Thermite…And It Is Perfectly Legal A tutorial about making thermite, an incendiary compound that will burn through metal. Why would you need something like this? Many tactical manuals (like this one) advocate […]
Links to some of the best reading on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Kahr CW9 200 Yard Shot I find that the technique of “shooting out of the notch” to be much more reliable than merely “aiming high” for long distance handgun shooting. As you […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz On the day after Thanksgiving, a man used a rifle and improvised explosives to attack four buildings in downtown Austin, Texas. Amazingly, despite firing approximately 200 rounds in about 10 minutes, he didn’t kill or injure anyone. Because no one was injured (it was 2:30 am), the crime received […]
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 […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz On Friday, October 24, a 14-year old Freshman student walked into his high school cafeteria and began shooting. He picked a particular table (where his relatives sat) and shot five students, killing four, with a .40 Beretta handgun. Reportedly, all of the victims had been shot in the head or […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz If you’ve missed the news over the last week, on October 22, a homeless, mentally-ill Islamic Jihadist with a crack cocaine addiction fired shots at Ottawa Canada’s war memorial and in the Canadian House of Commons. The killer ran up to two soldiers guarding the Canadian War Memorial and […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. State Variation in Hospital Use and Cost of Firearm Assault Injury, 2010 It’s relatively rare to find decent academic […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Flying With Guns The Beretta Blog gives some good guidelines for traveling with your guns. When Citizens […]
I wrote last week about my girlfriend’s and my trip to Australia. What I didn’t mention is that my girlfriend is starting a new job and has some extra time off before having to report for duty as a newly-minted veterinary surgeon. She chose to use her extra time off to continue her travels […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz In Houston Texas, a woman was walking out of a store when she became the victim of a purse snatching. The woman fought for her purse, holding on as her attacker attempted to get away in a car driven by an accomplice. The tug-of-war battle became serious when the car […]
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 […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Vigilant Gear Mini SERE Pouch This is a very cool idea for any of you who wear PVC […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz While the investigation is still ongoing and the military has effectively placed a gag order on the personnel involved, some details are being released about the April 2 shooting. A soldier (who will not be named in this article) killed three people and wounded 16 at his workplace at Ft. […]
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 […]
