” If you worry about shooting a match and “Oh My God! I’ll never get over it if I come in dead last,” consider you are pretty close to the one in a million people who is willing to test their skills at this. If you ever do come dead last, you still came out ahead of a few hundred thousands of people who thought they were cool but didn’t have the guts to get out there and test themselves like you just did.”

Massad Ayoob’s thoughts on IDPA.

The gauntlet has been thrown. Besides, if you live in Florida, don’t worry. I am the worst IDPA shooter here and guaranteed to come in dead last so the spot is taken. 🙂

Quoting from StateOfFlorida.com:

Distance from Pensacola to Key West – 792 Miles by Road

Damn, we are a long sucker of a state. Still, we should seriously think about having a Rendezvous or at least figure out where the Florida Bloggers are so we can eventually plan a meet. Why let all them bloggers up north have all the fun and we are condemned to see French Canadian season go by without being able to do something about it? (Just kidding…Mostly 🙂 )

On the weekend of March 11 to 13, the Wyoming Antelope Club in Clearwater will be hosting the 2011 Florida State IDPA Match. If any bloggers out there (Florida or otherwise) are going to attend the match, I think we can do a get-together and just shoot the breeze in between stages and a meal after the Saturday match.

And if you haven’t shot IDPA before, you should give it a try and come shoot the State Match. It is loads of fun and you are more than likely meet some great shooters plus have fun with a great many cool people that shoot our sport.  Find a local club, join IDPA and let’s plan to meet in March.

Just too darn good!
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Bushmaster apparently issued a recall for their ACRs citing the fact that the suckers might go full auto. “This unexpected firing of multiple rounds creates a potentially dangerous situation”…. such as getting a visit from the ATF and ending up in jail for violation of the NFA.

According to police, Torres changed his account of the events that led up to the shooting three times. Kogan explained the suspect’s most recent story. “They each grab a gun. He said, the victim took the small revolver, he took the 9mm Ruger, which he knew was loaded. He then pointed it at his friend and pulled the trigger,” Kogan said.

When I saw this sad news item on TV, the talking head named one brand of handgun but the image displayed another. Nothing new, we all have seen AK 47s graphics for shock value in news stories were a revolver had been used. But when they played the Broward Sheriff’s Office news briefing and realized that it was the spokesman for BSO was the one who committed the faux pas, I couldn’t do a thing but shake my head in disgust. I do hope that the case does not get screwed and the sick teen killer gets to walk free because the cops cannot differentiate between a Ruger and a Beretta.

Two pieces of tropical scum were cruising around a South Florida neighborhood when they saw an easy target: an 80 year old grandmother engaged in some hobby gardening. Scum One and Scum Two jumped the four foot fence, put a gun to the grandmother’s head and snatched a chain of her neck.

Before they could do more damage, the lady’s 24 year old grandson came out of the house and engaged the robbers with his own sidearm. The Scums left the house in a hurry, escaping in bicycles…seriously, what’s with the Lance Armstrong Escape?

Cops got one of the Pedaling Attackers and are looking for the second.