Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Shoulder Pain: Taken Out by the Bum Wing Great article about […]
By Greg Ellifritz I’m borrowing the “aborted” terminology from my friend Ron Borsch who has done more research on rapid mass murderers than anyone in history. What we are talking about is when a shooter plans to kill and his plan is interrupted. I don’t know if this event would match the strict definition (as […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz If you have tried to purchase ammunition in the last couple months, you are aware of the problem…there isn’t any available. None…at least in the common calibers. No one can ever remember this happening. Things were bad in 2008, but they didn’t come close to being as bad as […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz I’ve been grappling all my life. I started wrestling in Junior High. In college, I studied Judo and Japanese Jiujitsu (getting brown belts in both). I’ve taken a lot of Brazilian Jiujitsu seminars and numerous police groundfighting instructor courses. I’m comfortable fighting on the ground. Even with all […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Analysis: Ohio’s magazine capacity limit A brief but thorough explanation of Ohio’s […]
I know ammo is tough to get right now. The days of shooting hundreds of rounds an hour in practice have been put on hold by most of us. Paul Markel recently wrote an article called The One Box Workout outlining a nice 50-round practice routine. From the article: “The workout includes […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Why We Are the Even Weaker Sex “We’re scared of injury, […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Last weekend I attended my first Rangemaster Tactical Conference. I was very impressed. It was a three-day conference and pistol match located at the excellent Rangemaster training facility in Memphis, Tennessee. Host Tom Givens sent out his summary of the event: Annual Tactical Conference Report The […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz Most of the readers of this site are avid shooters and are well aware of the current difficulties in finding a reliable supply of practice ammunition. Many people have begun stockpiling ammunition and there isn’t much available on the primary market. When it does become available, it is either […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. In order to win the public relations war and convince non-gun owners […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz The officials investigating the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December haven’t revealed much information to the public. Last week, a source leaked an interesting development and that information was published in two different media outlets. Check out the articles below for more details: Newtown killer likely wanted […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Why is the Department of Homeland Security purchasing photographic silhouette targets depicting armed pregnant women as threats? Last week, the internet was abuzz with news articles (like this one) proclaiming that the government was preparing to wage war against its own citizens. Is the uproar justified? Maybe. Maybe not. […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Seven And Thirty Matt Bracken writes a great article about the […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Back when I started working as a cop in the mid-1990s, the only source of reliable officer safety information was Police Marksman Magazine. I very quickly joined the organization and devoured all of their publications. Unfortunately, the magazine and organization went under about 10 years ago. Its failing […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. 5 Wild Edibles which are probably in your back yard. It’s […]
If any of you noticed last week’s repeated (albeit updated) articles, it was because I took a quick vacation to the Dominican Republic. Some friends visit the island every year and they invited me to go along. I had never been there before and it sounded like fun, so I hopped on the plane. […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Brass vs. Steel Cased Ammo – An Epic Torture Test […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz After the Oslo, Norway bombing in 2011, I wrote an article called All About Bombs. In it, I cautioned that a likely trend in bombing incidents would be that the bomber would be wearing a uniform. In a crisis, people wearing uniforms aren’t generally questioned. If […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. FBI focuses firearms training on close-quarters combat A step in the right […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Paul Howe’s Take on Gun Confiscation For anyone who advocates […]
