April 2026 (2) - Flipbook - Page 6
In The Spirit of the Times... by Jonny V
Crooks,
Thieves,
and
Scumbags!
equipped with a LOJACK, so there
are four total tracking devices in
that vehicle.
Setting up for the .22 match at the 2026 Desert International.
2024 was my first Desert International Iron Man match. At the very
first shooters meeting, we were told
that two of the competitors had had
their rifles stolen out of their truck
in a motel parking lot. The police
had been notified and took reports
and reviewed security footage of
the parking lot and attempted to
track down the criminals. However,
to this day, those rifles have never
been recovered.
rifle cases. The hope being that if
someone stole a cased rifle, I would
be able to track it on my phone and
drive straight to that location and
retrieve my rifle. I also installed
Apple AirTags in my blue Ford
F150 Raptor that I drive to all of
these matches. That vehicle is also
I had neglected to install any
tracking devices in my regular
work truck. That truck was a 2002
Ford F250 super duty 4 x 4 with
the old 7.3L diesel that was so
highly regarded. On Friday, February 13, it was stolen while I was
furniture shopping. The vehicle
had 205,000 miles on it and it was
in great shape. When the police
officer showed up approximately
45 minutes after I called, the first
At the match, spare rifles and
ammunition were offered to the
shooters by other competitors so
that they still might participate. It’s
a testament to the quality of people that we have at these shooting
matches that other competitors
would offer up gear to keep people
in a match. This is cold consolation
however, considering the loss that
those two shooters endured.
At the time, I made the decision to
place Apple AirTags inside all my
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Butt stock of the new CPA ri昀氀e with a Lucid brand Airtag shown
for size refernce.
April, 2026 - Issue #2
