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National School “Walk Out”

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   I’m seeing some posts from my friends talking about their kids participating in large protests and “walk outs” tomorrow.  These walk outs are designed to raise awareness about school violence issues. Please discourage your child from participating in any of these events.   After well-publicized school massacres,  we regularly see […]

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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HeadHunter’s 6×6 Drill

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   My friend Claude Werner (a former instructor at the Rogers shooting school) recently wrote an internet post which reminded me of a good drill that I had forgotten.   The drill came out of Gila Hayes’ excellent book “Effective Defense- The Woman, The Plan, The Gun”.  As a side note, […]

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Greg Ellifritz in Shooting Drills
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Cops Get Suspended for Responding to a School Shooting

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Read this short article.  Two Miramar SWAT officers suspended for heading to Parkland massacre.   Want to know why some cops fail to act during a school shooting? It’s because they have inept commanders. Stuff like this happens with alarming frequency in the law enforcement world.   Two cops from […]

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
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The Utah School Bombing

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Let’s talk about bombs for a minute…   This week, a Utah high school student was arrested after he attempted to detonate a large backpack bomb in his school.  Luckily, the bomb malfunctioned and the school was evacuated before anyone was hurt.   Those of you who have taken my […]

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
active killer, bombings, Bombs, school violence View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- March 9, 2018

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Proof of Real Evil in the World When dealing with an “unknown contact,” it’s best to keep your hands out of your pockets.  If you get taken to the ground and your attacker remains […]

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
active killer, Active Self Protection, active shooter, church security, diet, firearms training, Lucky Gunner, Mark Manson, Pew Pew Tactical, police, psychology, Rangemaster, revolvers, Rory Miller, school shootings, statistics, Steve Moses, SWAT magazine, Terry Trahan, travel View Post

Systemic Failure of Law Enforcement

This is a guest post about the Florida school shooting tragedy from noted police trainer and active killer researcher Ron Borsch.  I think many of you will find his perspective valuable. -Greg   The Broward County Parkland Florida Marjory Stoneman-Douglas School Rapid Mass Murder© February 14th 2018, is one of the biggest news stories in […]

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
active killer, active shooter, guest author, Ron Borsch, school shootings View Post

2018 Practice Session #8

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   My friend Claude Werner recently wrote an article where he postulated most shooters don’t do any real structured practice with their firearms.  They plink or play, but they generally don’t perform drills designed with realistic standards in order to improve performance.  In the article, Claude talked about sharing details and […]

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Greg Ellifritz in Shooting Drills
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Weekend Knowledge Dump- March 2, 2018

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   There was lots of good commentary this week generated by the Florida school shooting.  I’m going to start today’s Dump with a few of the better articles on the topic before getting back to […]

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
Claude Werner, Conflict Research Group, ITS Tactical, Karl Rehn, Lucky Gunner, Massad Ayoob, medical skills, Michael Bane, police, scams, school shootings, school violence, shotguns, statistics, SWAT magazine, The Revolver Guy View Post

Tactical Training Scenario…Lessons Learned from a Teenage Stabbing

Last Tuesday, two teenage girls got in a fight outside a grocery store.  Nothing unique about that.  It happens every day.  What is unique is that one of the girls defended herself with a knife…and the entire incident was caught on video.     To set the stage for what’s happening, the girl in white […]

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios
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Commentary on Contemporary Policing

Lots of folks are talking about the poor performance of the Broward County Sheriff’s deputies during the recent Florida school shooting.  The problem of police inaction goes way beyond this single agency.  It’s system wide and present in nearly every law enforcement organization. A friend of mine wrote the article below to help explain some […]

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
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2018 Practice Session #7

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   My friend Claude Werner recently wrote an article where he postulated most shooters don’t do any real structured practice with their firearms.  They plink or play, but they generally don’t perform drills designed with realistic standards in order to improve performance.  In the article, Claude talked about sharing details and […]

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Greg Ellifritz in Shooting Drills
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Weekend Knowledge Dump- February 23, 2018

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Why active shooter drills didn’t help in the Florida high school shooting Last week, I wrote about the need for police officers to respond to school fire alarms. This article serves as a good […]

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
active killer, Active Self Protection, active shooter, Claude Werner, Close quarter shooting, history, Hock Hochheim, Karl Rehn, knives, Kyle Lamb, Lucky Gunner, Massad Ayoob, Pew Pew Tactical, Richard Nance, scams, school shootings, shooting drills, Spotter Up, vehicle tactics View Post

Reflections on Failure…

Written by: Greg Ellifritz I’ve spent the last two decades of my life intensively studying every school shooting I can find. I’ve read hundreds of thousands of pages of material describing every detail of every single school shooting in the last century. I’ve written more than 50 articles on the topic myself. I’ve trained countless […]

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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Bridging the Gap

Written by: Greg Ellifritz I originally wrote this piece in June of 2016 after seeing some horribly contentious gun control debates on my Facebook feed.  Guess what I’m seeing now?  You’re right.  The very same political virtue signalling.  The article is as useful today as it was two years ago when I first wrote it.  […]

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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Protecting Against Terrorist Vehicle Attacks

Here is a guest post submitted by Don Boal, lead investigator for Ron Borsch’s PACT organization.  Don has a very simple and useful idea for protecting pedestrian areas from terrorist vehicle attacks.  Thanks to Don for submitting the article! -Greg     HOW TO PROTECT YOUR COMMUNITY FROM TERRORIST VEHICLE ATTACKS FOR FREE                                                                                          By […]

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
active killer, ISIS, terrorism, vehicle attacks View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- February 16, 2018

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.     Your “Tactical Tampon” is Useless for Life-Threatening Hemorrhage All of you who carry tampons for “packing gunshot wounds” are completely delusional. Read this article and find out why tampons are inadequate wound packing […]

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
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Active Killers Using Fire Alarms to Facilitate an Attack

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Everyone is talking about the latest school shooting and looking for solutions. I’ve been writing about how to solve this problem for more than a decade. It isn’t easy. While the ultimate solution will be found in prevention efforts, those efforts are both difficult to institute and costly.   While […]

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
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Tasers and “Vulnerable” Populations

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   If you are a police officer or are interested in police use of force, you owe it to yourself to read The Vulnerable.  It’s one of a multi-part Reuters news report on police Taser use.     The Taser has rapidly become the “go-to” force option on most officers’ duty […]

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
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2018 Practice Session #6

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   My friend Claude Werner recently wrote an article where he postulated most shooters don’t do any real structured practice with their firearms.  They plink or play, but they generally don’t perform drills designed with realistic standards in order to improve performance.  In the article, Claude talked about sharing details and […]

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Greg Ellifritz in Shooting Drills
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Weekend Knowledge Dump- February 9, 2018

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. The Great Revolver Frame War – Part II A little bit of revolver history for those who didn’t live through the S&W vs. Ruger “Frame Wars” of the 1980s.   New for 2018: SHOT Show […]

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
Active Self Protection, Cecil Burch, Claude Werner, Ed Head, flashlights, gelatin tests, history, holsters, knife, Lucky Gunner, Massad Ayoob, police, Rangemaster, Recoil Magazine, situational awareness, survival, The Revolver Guy, travel safety View Post
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