Fall Firearms Festival

Back on November 17th I had the opportunity to attend the annual Fall Firearms Festival which is hosted by Todd Burke of Tactical Specialties. My brother Mike and nephew Jonathan came up from Tulsa and accompanied me to the event. We had a full day of training and shooting and we had a whole lot of fun.

One of the highlights of the day was shooting Todd's H&K MP5 fully automatic 9mm assault weapon. This photo shows me and Jonathan with our loaded magazines waiting for our turn to shoot it.

We went through 5 different training events and many of them we got to do more than once. Here is a breakdown of what we did:

EVENT 1 will be a static shooting line emphasizing marksmanship skills and familiarity with your pistol. This is not a scenario and everyone will begin at this event.

EVENTS 2, 3, and 4 are scenarios that simulate real-world self defense applications in your home or in a public place.

EVENT 5 will be a scenario that simulates personal defense with a shotgun.

Jonathan wants to go into law enforcement so he really enjoyed the day and he is also pretty good with his gun.

Todd had a whole group of instructors there to teach us in all the events and each one of them gave us some new insight on how to be a better shooter. I was glad to be able to attend and I'm looking forward to joining Todd for more training in the future.

Jerseys Jerseys Everywhere!

Today during my travels in the Macon area with my co-worker Heather, we had a few minutes to kill before a lunch meeting. We stopped by a doctor's office to see Heather's sister where she works as an MRI technician. In the office the doctor had numerous autographed sports jerseys on the walls. It was a collection better than many museums. I took a few pictures of some of my favorite players. Here they are:

Brett Favre of the Green Bay Packers. Did he really have to go play for the Jets? 

John Elway, the great Denver Broncos quarterback. I know as a Chiefs fan I'm not supposed to like the Broncos, but Elway was one of the best ever. I even saw him whip up on us once at Arrowhead Stadium.

It's not that I'm a huge Casey Wiegmann fan, but he is a Kansas City Chief so I had to take this photo.

Tom Brady of the New England Patriots. OK, again not a huge fan but my buddy Ken will be jealous when I show him this picture.

Marshall Faulk of the Indianapolis Colts and later the St. Louis Rams. One of the great running backs and someone I always liked to watch.

Wayne Gretzky. Need I say more? This is a Phoenix Coyotes jersey that he has signed. He has never played for the Coyotes, but he is their General Manager. I was fortunate enough to see Gretzky play in North Carolina against the Hurricanes when he played for the Rangers, and I also got to meet him and see him practice in 1986 when he played for the Edmonton Oilers.