Merry Christmas, Happy New Year & Thanks
UPDATE: Blog posting will resume on 29 December.
Words are cheap, especially online, and so is hard for me to convey real sincerity, but I will try.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you! I want to express my profound gratitude to you, the loyal readers of The Firearm Blog. Without your continued support, there would be no point in me blogging.
A special thanks to all the readers who sent in tips, photos, wrote articles, leaked news and commented on blog posts. You are an essential part of this blog. It would not be the same without you. I used to thank everyone individually, but now there are just to many people and I don't want to leave anyone out.
Also thanks to GunsForSale. They lived up to their promises, both to you and I. They have given me absolute editorial freedom and not interfered in any way with what I write. Earlier this year I was threatened with legal action for publishing facts a company did not want known. Without some weight behind me I would have been forced to back down, despite having done nothing morally or legally wrong.
Last but not least: thanks to all my fellow gun bloggers for all their hard work. I know as well as anyone the effort you put into your blogs.
Thanks for this mate, I look forward to reading TFB every morning.
Andrew
Santa’s obviously bringing gifts for all the good little insurgents.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2012 to you too, Steve and Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2012 to fellow readers as well :]
happy holidays. thank you for everything steve
The “Futurama” version of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” seems very appropriate here.
He knows when you are sleeping.
He knows when you’re on the can.
He’ll hunt you down and blast your ass,
From here to Pakistan.
You better not breathe.
You better not move.
You’re better off dead, I’m telling you dude.
Santa Claus is gunning you down!
I always loved Santa Bot’s line: “Your mistletoe is no match for my TOW missle!”
Merry Christmas indeed. I’m looking forward to the new year.
Greeting from Malaysia. Merry freaking bloody good Christmas and let’s have an good new 2012 shall we?
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to everybody in TFB !!!
Have a really excellent Christmas, Steve!
As Beaumont said above, you absolutely deserve one, since you give your readers presents pretty much every day!
Gentlemen, be upstanding and raise your glasses….
Greetings from Texas,
Merry Christmas to you and yours Steve.
Hello guys
Merry Christmas to you all and I hope all your dreams and ambitions come to fruition in the new 2012 ahead…
Cheers!
Merry Christmas, Steve! Thanks for another year of great stuff.
Merry Christmas! Thanks for doing what you do and giving me something to read every morning before school and work!
Stay strong and don’t back down from companies that can’t handle their own truths. If someone is ashamed by what they did they shouldn’t have done it.
Happy Hannukah to my fellow Jewish blog readers!
Merry Christmas.
Whenever I see door gunners, all I can think of is, “If they run, they’re VC. If they don’t run…”
“they are well trained VC”
Just wanted to say Merry Christmas. I’ve never owned a gun in my life (due to the laws of the countries that I’ve lived) but your blog is the only one I’ve reliably read since I actually started reading blogs a few years ago!
Merry Christmas, Steve! You certainly deserve one, since you give your readers presents just about every day.
Thanks for keeping us up to speed Steve, Merry Christmas!
Thanks for keeping us informed. Keep up the good work, guys!
Merry Christmas! Thanks for an interesting blog. See you in 2012. I wish you safe travel (if any) for you and your family.
Thanks for a Wonderful Blog Steve! I always look forward to new postings! Merry Christmas to you as well!
Steve, Merry Christmas from Afghanistan! I’m a loyal reader and enjoy your blog very much.
-Andrew
2-87 INF,
3rd BCT, 10th MTN Div (LI)
“With your shield or On it”
And to you also! Thank you for your service! Stay safe over there.
Merry Christmas and Good Hunting, Mountain Brother!
-SGT Charles Gaines
formerly A 2-22 INF 1/10th MTN (LI)
Merry X-Mas Steve and keep up the good work!
Merry Christmas to you Steve. As always, thank you for the outstanding blog and keep up the excellent work.
Thank you for your work, Steve!
Merry Christmas!
Thank to you, Steve!
Merry Christmas!
So now the army is switching over to Universal Santa Cam? They need to make up their fricking minds.
Anything is an improvement over Army Grey.
The Redcoats are coming!
Cymond is on the right track; the photo credits show that the door gunner is from the Royal Navy. If the camo wasn’t a giveaway, the long flashhider should indicate that the door gun isn’t one of the M240 branches of the MAG58 tree family.
Lack of rails, too; the 240 variant for helicopters has them.
You better be good this year…cuz that Santa is coming to town…
Merry Christmas! And
Thank you for maintaining the world’s best blogs!
“Earlier this year I was threatened with legal action for publishing facts a company did not want known.”
I must’ve missed this. What happened?
I never mentioned it in public before. I don’t want to discuss legal matters in public. The attorney would not be happy if I did.
Keep at it Steve…..thanks for everything, and you and your family have a wonderful Christmas……