To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. Commander Gilmore So, Ya Breakin’ Hard On The Jarhead! ore at er Gilm om ommand o.c C o h il ya a ff@ E-m astStu BackBl A s a Marine pilot, John Lovell learned to live by “the OODA Loop” — Observe, Orient, Decide and Act — and to “watch his six” 24/7. After full careers in the Marines and civilian aviation, he retired in Plantation, Fla. Neighbors describe the 71-year-old Lovell as quiet and in top shape. Recently, he was at the Plantation Subway Sandwich Shop when two gunmen burst into the shop about 11 p.m., robbed the cashier, terrorized the customers and then focused on lonely John, still munching his veggie sub. Lovell went along with the robbery game and handed over his money. But when they shoved him toward the bathroom, they made three big mistakes: They laid hands on a man who doesn’t allow touching unless it’s invited; they transmitted the possible threat of executing him in that bathroom, and finally, putting him in front of them so they could prod him along gave him the opportunity to “orient and act.” He had already made his decision: In a flash, he pulled his licensed pistol and shot both gunmen in their heads. One, Fredrick Gadsden, 21, was taken to a hospital, critically wounded. Appropriate personnel hauled away the remains of Donicio Arrindell, 22, formerly of North Lauderdale. A surveillance camera, installed just a week previous to the robbery, recorded the entire scene. After reviewing the video and Lovell’s concealed weapon permit, he was bid goodnight and released. Sometimes, justice is poetic, sweet and swift. Illustration by Nick Petrosino The Dearly Arrived So, you’ve had a few bad days in your life, have you? Well, on your worst day, you never had one as bad as Carlos Camejo. Just remember this case the next time the books won’t balance. The 33-year-old Camejo was involved in a bad highway accident outside of Caracas, Venezuela. He knew he was hurt badly as he nodded off to dreamy-land. Then he woke up in excruciating pain. It was trained medical personnel who were cutting on him, but they hadn’t administered any anesthetics; you don’t waste the meds on corpses. Carlos was being autopsied — but he was still alive. “I woke up because the pain was unbearable,” Carlos told local reporters. He had been declared dead and taken to the morgue, where he was presumed to be the dearly departed until an examiner cut into Carlos’ face and noticed he was bleeding. Cadavers don’t do that. A few seconds later, Carlos awoke, loudly. Carlos’ grieving wife arrived at the morgue to identify his body. It wasn’t hard. He greeted her from a stretcher in the morgue hallway. New Product Line Want to get in on the cutting edge of a new product line with growing demand? You too can make and market your own “jenkem,” and you won’t even have to keep records on your buyers! Fox News reports that interest in “jenkem” is burgeoning in Florida and spreading nationwide and even worldwide on the Internet. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office in Tampa recently issued a bulletin warning the public about possible negative effects, but concedes that possession or manufacture of it appears to be completely legal. Garrison Courtney, spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration in Washington, D.C., said, “We wouldn’t classify it as a drug, even if someone is doing it stateside (initial reports of use came from Zambia). It’s not necessarily illegal.” Oh, in case you’re wondering, jenkem is made by fermenting human feces and urine and then “huffing” the fumes, the same way dopers used to sniff model airplane glue in paper bags, with about the same effect — maybe. Some authorities doubt that a real “high” can be achieved by huffing jenkem, and opine that maybe the users are simply experiencing oxygen deprivation the same way they would if they were restricting Got a humorous, weird or silly tidbit you'd like to share with the rest of the shooting industry? Then send it to Commander Gilmore at BackBlastStuff@yahoo.com. The snail-mail address is: Back Blast, Shooting Industry magazine, 12345 World Trade Drive, San Diego, CA 92128. If Commander Gilmore uses your material, you could receive a free one-year subscription to American COP magazine, or some other prize or nothing — but you'll still be famous. Let's hear from you! 44 www.shootingindustry.com • SHOT SHOW SUPER ISSUE 2008