I pulled a double whammy yesterday. My back went to crap again and it seems I caught a really nasty cold while at it. Man, I do not recall the last time I had a fever but I am sure it was before I even got married so that is 26 years ago.

Medicinal chemicals are now running through my bloodstream so my brain is pretty much playing with modeling clay, crayons and round-tipped scissors. Hopefully I’ll be better tomorrow with new posts, including a AAR of the best stage (IMHO) of the Florida IDPA Triple Crown .

Oh yes, about the Triple Crown. I had to DNF because of my back. I was slow as expected, but accuracy was pretty damn decent. I am still smiling at the 25 yard headshot I managed to make.

See you guys when I see ya.

Going to the first jewel of the IDPA Triple Crown in Frostproof, Fl. It will be held at Frank Garcia’s Universal Shooting Academy, a place I’ve been trying to go for ages, but every time there was a match, something came along and could not make it.

I am planning on taking as many pics and notes as possible to make an AAR later next week. I know I will be totally abused by the Evil Podmistress Gail Pepin who apparently managed to shanghai the whole Proarms gang to the match.

PS: I set the alarm and forgot to feed the gator. Enter at your own risk.

Jason Kilgore apparently did not like the screen capture of his very much public image at the Million Mom March in Oregon last year and is threatening me with the Law.

And, of course, my response follows.

UPDATE: And I found this jewel too.

I am guessing KVAL, a local TV station that ran the story will also be hearing from Jason’s lawyers.

The Collings Foundation is offering Flight Experiences on these old classic warplanes.

They are right now at Ft Lauderdale Executive Airport, but they have a full schedule all over Florida so far.

Flight Experiences Donations are $425 per person aboard the B-17 or B-24.
The B-25 is available at select locations for flight experiences. Flight experiences on the B-25 are $400 for forward fuselage seats, and $325 for waist gun

Flight training in the P-51 is $2200 for a half hour flight, and $3200 for a full hour. All participants will get the chance to feel what it was like to fly one of the most legendary fighters of WWII.
This is a P-51 configured for 2 people!

Walk through tours of the aircraft are $12 for adults, and $6 for children 12 and under for access to all of the aircraft.

WWII Veterans get into the ground tours at no charge.

February
2/3 – 2/6

Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive Location: Hangar 63

More info on the Collings Foundation here.

And the schedule so far here

I should have seen this one coming sooner:
Brady blows the horn…
And the Yapping Yorkies respond:
You see, if Don Cornelius had chose to end his life via pills or a rope or even slashing his wrists, it would be morally right and even a happier ending that using a bullet.

These are some seriously sick puppies, mind you.

Caught this sucker on Twitter:

And the crowd goes wild! Fireworks go bang and the people feel safe…. until the do the math and realize that something is fishy with that statistic.

Felons attempting to buy guns at gun stores are violating 18 U.S.c. §§ 92 which is punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment and/or up to a $250,000 fine. That means the following:

• 500,000 indictments for violation of 18 U.S.c. §§ 92.
• Up to 5 million years of prison time if all were found guilty.
• Up to 125 billion dollars in fines.

Call me crazy, but those numbers would be outstanding and worthy of the front page of any newspaper or leading story in the 6 O’clock news. Have you heard anything like that? Nope. And you won’t because the dirty little secret is that the NICS check is notorious for giving false positives. In 2009, NICS issued 71,010 initial denials and when all was said and done only 77 cases were presented for prosecution. That is 0.1 percent of the initial denials or in plain English, 99.9 percent of the denials were wrong.

So, if you are going to throw stats out there to support your point of view, make sure they are logical and not propaganda tools for shock value. You might get shocked back.