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Facebook Twitter RSS Home Available Classes Instructors 2020 Classes Recommended Reading Contact Class Reviews Media Playing with Fire Written by: Greg Ellifritz In a Weekend Knowledge Dump a couple of weeks ago I mentioned the fact that police officers have been increasingly under attack from flammable objects and incendiaries. Police officers on riot duty are regularly getting pelted by Molotov Cocktails and other flaming devices. Looking for a solution to such a problem, […] Posted on June 3, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles crowd control , crowd violence , fire View Post Your Tactical Training Scenario- Dealing with Molotov Cocktails and Fire Bombs Written by Greg Ellifritz I posted this video on my Facebook page the other day and asked my friends to comment. If you haven’t seen the video, it is footage of an attack on innocent motorists in Palestine. A massive (more than 40 people by my count) group of masked and hooded attackers began […] Posted on June 3, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios explosives , fire bombs No Comments View Post Surviving Mob Attacks on Your Vehicle Written by- Greg Ellifritz Watching some violent “protests” got me thinking about individual tactics for escaping riots and demonstrations. One scenario I saw playing out over and over again was when a mass of protesters blocked a road or highway. Those “protesters” would occasionally attack people in the cars that were stopped on the […] Posted on June 2, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios Active Self Protection , carjacking , Global Guerillas , mobs , riots No Comments View Post Busy With Riot Stuff… Sorry, folks. Writing output this week will be a little slower than usual. With all the riots, I’m on mandatory overtime at work every day this week. That doesn’t leave me much spare time to research and write. I’ll get back to my normal four articles per week as soon as people […] Posted on June 2, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New View Post Stockpiling Ammunition Written by: Greg Ellifritz With the recent COVID-19 pandemic and lots of civil unrest, I’m getting more and more people asking questions about stockpiling ammunition. Online ammunition outlets have been sold out of popular products lately. Ammo availability at local gun stores is starting to increase, but prices are high and many stores are […] Posted on June 1, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles ammunition , survival No Comments View Post “Peace Officers” vs. “Law Enforcement Officers” Written by: Greg Ellifritz Last week, I became involved in a discussion about the term “law enforcement officer.” That’s what many cops are calling themselves these days. The words sound almost professional. The problem isn’t really with the term itself; it’s when officers embrace the idea that their sole occupational mission is to find […] Posted on May 31, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles police View Post Surviving Riots and Political Demonstrations *This is an excerpt from the chapter “Surviving Third World Riots and Political Demonstrations” from my book Choose Adventure. With the riots we’ve seen over the last couple days, and calls for more rioting this weekend, the information will be useful for you. As our country descends into chaos, the advice from a third-world safety […] Posted on May 29, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles riots , travel View Post Weekend Knowledge Dump- May 29, 2020 Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Small-Caliber Handguns for Self-Defense? I’m looking forward to picking up a Ruger LCP in .22 long rifle after they’ve been on the market for a few more months. SKS: Variations, Upgrades, & […] Posted on May 29, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump .22 , .22 magnum , Active Self Protection , Al-Qaeda , Antifragile Training , AR-15 , carjacking , Cecil Burch , crowd violence , David Yamane , firearms training , flashlights , gelatin tests , ground fighting , handgun stopping power , Integrated Skills Group , Jeff Gonzales , jiujitsu , Karl Rehn , kidnapping , knife attack , Larry Vickers , Legal , Mark Manson , medical skills , modern service weapons , Organic Prepper , Paul Carlson , Pew Pew Tactical , Prepared Gun Owners , Ralph Mroz , Rangemaster , Recoil Magazine , revolvers , riots , shooting drills , shotguns , situational awareness , SKS , survival , Swift Silent Deadly , Tamara Keel , terrorism , The Revolver Guy View Post “Watching a Murder” Written by: Greg Ellifritz I had a friend send me a message yesterday. He wanted to know how a bystander might intervene in a situation like what happened in Minneapolis. My friend told me he didn’t want to stand around “watching a murder.” How does one safely intervene when cops are mistreating a prisoner? […] Posted on May 28, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Reader Questions police , police training View Post Unique Perspectives on COVID-19-Part 12 Written by: Greg Ellifritz I’ve been posting Covid-19 weekly updates for the past three months. The very first update had 7,304 page views. Last week’s update had 2, 217 pageviews. People are getting sick of reading about the pandemic. This will be my last weekly coronavirus update. Since I don’t have TV in my […] Posted on May 27, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles View Post Your Tactical Training Scenario- Brutal Attack on Senior Citizen I was searching for an old email I had sent when I found a correspondence with Marcus Wynne from several years back. Marcus sent me the video linked below. Watch the video . It’s short, but very violent. Don’t watch it if you have a weak stomach for extreme brutality. An elderly woman […] Posted on May 25, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios ccw , psychology , robbery View Post Weekend Knowledge Dump- May 22, 2020 Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. The Ammo Equation: How Much Ammo Do You Really Need? Those of us who have lived through ammo shortages in the past are not surprised that ammunition is getting harder to find and more […] Posted on May 22, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump .22 magnum , Active Self Protection , Alain Burrese , Breach Bang Clear , Caleb Giddings , ccw , Claude Werner , Craig Douglas , firearms training , history , home security , Jerry Miculek , Jocko Willink , John Hearne , John Lott , Lucky Gunner , medical skills , Mike Seeklander , multiple attackers , OC , Pew Pew Tactical , psychology , revolvers , Shivworks , shooting drills , situational awareness , Steve Moses , Swift Silent Deadly , Tier Three Tactical , travel safety View Post Free Books- Part 205 Amazon has a tremendous number of FREE ebooks on their website. You can find thousands of free kindle books on Amazon’s site every day. These books can be downloaded to a Kindle reader or a free App on your phone or personal computer. Even if you don’t have a Kindle, you can download a free […] Posted on May 20, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Uncategorized View Post Unique Perspectives on COVID-19-Part 11 Written by: Greg Ellifritz Since I don’t have TV in my house, I spend a lot more time reading than the average American. I have more than 400 websites programmed into my RSS reader. On the average day I scan about 1200 articles in my feed. I deeply read more than 100. You can […] Posted on May 19, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice Covid-19 , health , Michael Bane , Michael Janich , Mike Seeklander , Rob Pincus , travel , TSA , William Aprill View Post Rangemaster Defensive Shotgun Course- A First-Timer’s Perspective. *This article is a guest post from my friend Jonathan Willis. Jonathan is a retired paramedic and fire lieutenant who teaches with Dave Spaulding for Handgun Combatives. Jonathan has extensive firearms training experience, but this was the first shotgun course he took. I took the class as well and echo the author’s comments. The class […] Posted ...