Written by Greg Ellifritz Last weekend I was honored to present at the Lone Star Medics “Field and Tactical Medicine” conference in Dallas, Texas. The conference was organized by my friend Caleb Causey, president of Lone Star Medics. This is the second year of the conference and it was again a tremendous […]
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 […]
Links to some of the best tactical information on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. The Perils of Concealed Carry: Remember There’s no Prize for the Fastest Reholster This is the single most common problem I see with relatively untrained shooters. They are WAY too casual about […]
Today I am celebrating three full years of blogging about self defense, firearms, and personal safety topics. I started this website on March 18, 2012 and have posted more than 700 total articles since then. Over the course of the last three years, the website has seen nearly six million total page views […]
Links to some of the best tactical information on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Finding a Handgun Grip that Fits An excellent tutorial on how to properly grip a handgun and what features you should be looking at when purchasing a defensive sidearm. […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Of late, I’ve managed to find myself mentioned in several media outlets. In a shameless act of self promotion, I’ll share them here in the hopes that you will find some of the content useful. Close Range Threat – Greg Ellifritz @ Rangemaster Tactical Conference 2015 Dr. Z […]
Links to some of the best tactical information on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. C&R Trigger Pull Test Trigger pull weight comparison on a whole bunch of older rifles. Day Tripping: Benefits Seen in Psychedelics An interesting article from a mainstream source (Newsweek) about the […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Special operations trainer Pat McNamara developed this drill and wrote about it in a recent Gunfighter Moment on Soldier Systems’ website. He calls it his “Five Second Standards.” The drills are shot on an IPSC target and only the “A-Zone” is used. The “A-Zone” is roughly 6″ x 11″. […]
Links to some of the best information on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Five rules for quick shots on target with a handgun If you aren’t shooting using these five rules, you probably could be getting better results. Polite Society Tactical Conference 2015 A […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Last weekend I attended my third Rangemaster Tactical Conference. I was very impressed. It was a three-day conference and pistol match located at a police training facility in Memphis, Tennessee. Host Tom Givens from Rangemaster arranged a top tier event that attracted 36 high quality trainers and nearly 200 […]
Links to some of the best information on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Ambush Fact Sheet A useful piece of information for my cop friends from the IACP. It’s an analysis of recent ambush attacks on police officers. Top 10 Ways to Guarantee […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz To the amazement of my armed citizen friends, most police qualification courses are little more than a joke. With a full day’s worth of pistol training, I can get almost everyone to the point where they can pass their state’s police qualification course. In Ohio, our course is so easy […]
Links to some of the best information on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Mindset & The Determined Adversary: An LE Training Perspective For my cop friends… “The past history of CONUS active shooter events has typically ended with the shooter committing suicide upon the arrival […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz I recently completed Massad Ayoob‘s new book Deadly Force: Understanding Your Right to Self Defense. I enjoyed the book and think it would be a valuable addition to any shooter’s library. Massad is well known to most shooters and one of the most prolific gun writers in the industry. […]
Links to some of the best tactical information on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Best Flashlights of 2014 Some superb flashlight evaluations and discussion on this site. Cultivating Threat Recognition Skill A great primer on threat recognition, predatory movement detection, and countering tactics. […]
Links to some of the best tactical information on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. The Polygraph & Polygraph Countermeasures How a polygraph works and how to beat it. FO Podcast Episode 016 – Special Operations Veteran John Mosby An enlightening podcast episode about enhancing […]
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 If you have been vacationing off the planet, you may not realize that the world’s largest trade show for shooting enthusiasts was held in Las Vegas last week. The Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trades (SHOT) show is the second largest trade show in Las Vegas every year. 60,000+ shooting industry […]
Links to some of the best information on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. How to Keep Emergency Water in Your Vehicle Unfrozen During Winter Good advice here from the Survival Mom website. How To Make Difficult Conversations Easy: 7 Steps From A Clinical […]
