Very Nice!

In about a week, I’ll be packing my range bag, ammo and assorted gear to leave early in the morning for Clearwater to shoot the 2011 IDPA Florida State Championship at the Wyoming Antelope Club.  The Missus will be coming along as it appears I cannot fend for myself alone in the wilderness. How I was able to survive before I got married remains a mystery never to be solved, but I admit at going to Europe once without underwear or socks and not on purpose.

The Wyoming Antelope Club in Clearwater is an awesome club and not because of the facilities which they have worked hard, but for the people that run the matches there. Friendly and organized will beat anything else out there. That they also have a clubhouse that serves alcohol after the match of the day is done, only helps the friendly atmosphere. But then again I wouldn’t know since I became a teetotaler after I got married also.

Whatever your shooting sport might be, I urge you to attend a state/regional/whatever match. Besides being fun, you get to know fellow shooters from other parts and even rub elbows with the great shooters. A couple of years ago, our squad got the chance to shoot alongside Super Dave Harrington and he was a veritable fountain of tips and overall help to all the shooters. I was happy that he did not kick my ass for giving him a procedural the year before at the Carolina Cup!

My intention is to have fun, spend time with the wife and not to be dead last in SSP SS.  If you go to a match of this kind, please take the time to thank and shake the hands of as many of the Safety Officers, organizers, Score Personnel and helpers that make the match happen. Having been in that side, I can tell you they never truly enjoy the shooting and their reward is the satisfaction of the shooters that attended the match.

If you happen to attend or drop by the 2011 IDPA Florida State Championship , I’ll be in Squad 3 with the bunch of foreigners and dragging a green “tactical” wagon and being screamed at by a petite blond.  Look for the MHI patch on the front of the vest.

I know I am getting lazy and going graphics heavy…. Oh well!

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Click on pics for bigger image or download the complaint with the link provided at the bottom.

Apparently some other federal agencies do know how to run a criminal investigation regarding guns.
This is the criminal complaint filed by the FBI in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida: Violation of 18 USC 922 (j)

The defendant Abdalaziz Aziz Hamayel was in the market for the following shopping list:

So the FBI prepares the case and sets up a meeting to show sample weapons. Hell we all have seen it on any TV show, right?

But one must wonder, What if things go bad? What if the meeting is a rip-off and those weapons make it out on the wild streets? Will anybody be responsible for the weapons or will anybody say “oops!” my bad! We tried really really hard but shit happens.”

So you can actually do a valid weapons investigation with an inert or rendered safe weapon? Hmmm.. fascinating!

Then again what works for the South East of the USA does not work in the South West. That might be the difference…yep. I can buy that.

If you want to read the whole file, click here.

UPS and FedEx have nothing on these guys.

Direct Link here.

Safety Warning And Recall Notice

Product Safety Recall Notice
Warning

DO NOT USE REMINGTON 22 HORNET 45 GR PSP AMMUNITION WITH
LOT NOS. J29EAI, J29EBI, J30EAI, J30EBI OR K01JDI

Remington has determined that five Lots of its 22 Hornet 45 Gr PSP ammunition may have improper powder charge weights. The five Lot Numbers are identified above. Improper powder charge weights may result in a malfunction of the cartridge when the firearm is fired. This malfunction may result in a bullet being lodged in the barrel creating an obstruction. If another round is fired with an obstruction in the barrel, a barrel burst may occur. A barrel burst could result in property damage, serious personal injury or death.

Do Not Use
Remington 22 Hornet 45 Gr PSP Ammunition
Lot Numbers J29EAI, J29EBI, J30EAI, J30EBI OR K01JDI

To identify if you have one of these Lots of ammunition:

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If you have a case of 22 Hornet 45 Gr PSP ammunition the Lot Number is stenciled on the outside of the case; and,
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If you have any of this Remington 22 Hornet 45 Gr PSP ammunition, as identified above, immediately discontinue use of this ammunition and contact Remington at the below telephone number. Remington will arrange for the return shipment of your ammunition and upon receipt will send you replacement ammunition at no cost to you. If you are unsure whether or not you have one or more of these Lots of ammunition or if you have mixed boxes of ammunition; please immediately discontinue the use of the ammunition and contact Remington at the below telephone number – we will replace this ammunition for you.

For any consumer questions or instructions on how to return of your Remington 22 Hornet 45 Gr PSP ammunition with one of the following Lot Numbers J29EAI, J29EBI, J30EAI, J30EBI OR K01JDI, please contact the Remington Consumer Service Department at 1-800-243-9700, Prompt #4.

The only Remington 22 Hornet 45 Gr PSP ammunition affected by this recall has one of the following Lot Numbers J29EAI, J29EBI, J30EAI, J30EBI OR K01JDI. No other Lots or ammunition is affected.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Hat Tip to Yankee Gun Nuts

From what understand, the driver just got fed up with the riders for clogging the street on purpose. The Two Wheelers partake on a event called Critical Mass which is “celebrated” all over the world on the last Friday of the month and just see what kind of traffic mayhem can they achieve in the name of whatever environmental/Progressive/Left Wing/Anarchist excuse they can come up with.

There is no doubt that the driver was wrong and should be prosecuted to the full extent, but the way cyclist behave nowadays I am amazed that they are not scrapped off the pavement more often. Mind you, these are not you average family member out for a healthy exercise or even work but  a bunch of idiots in two wheels smelling like patchouli.

The coalition isn’t affiliated with Critical Mass. Rather, in the words of one bicycle advocate, it operates as Sinn Fein, the Irish political party, does to the more shadowy Irish Republican Army.

Critical Massers grind their gears at that comparison. Carlsson prefers casting the Mass as Earth First to the coalition’s Sierra Club. They’re the radicals who make the progressives seem more mainstream.

When I was learning how to drive back then in the era of steam powered cars, the best advice I ever got about treating bicyclist was a quote from legendary Edouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx also known as Eddie Merckx, multiple winner of the Tour de France: “Give them enough space to fall.” which means give them enough space for a safe ride and I am all for that.

But what I am not for is a group of idiots taking over the streets doing exactly what they accuse drivers of doing and worse. Unless you happen to be an octogenarian in South Florida who confused the gas pedal with the brake, rarely you will see a car ridding down a sidewalk ignoring the rights of the pedestrian and putting people in danger. Traffic lights? Optional. School Zone speed limit? They have no idea what that means. Driving the wrong way in a one-ways street against the law? Surely you jest sir!

Checking on several cyclist forums, the Critical Mass bunch is seen as a blight and a direct cause for antagonism between drivers and cyclists. And I have to agree, just because you pedal, you don’t get special rights and are above the law so I’ll be one protesting loudly if my tax dollars are to be used on special lanes or free parking for idiots that do not respect their fellow commuters regardless of their means of transportation.  Plus, if you are stupid enough to ignore not only the laws of Man but the Laws of Physics and feel like playing chicken with a ton or more worth of metal at any speed, you deserve be retrieved with a spatula from the street.