The Firearm Blog

I am under a lot of pressure at work. Blogging will be sparse for the next couple of days

The server hosting this blog has been down for the last 3 hours and 40 minutes.

Sorry about any inconvenience.

Blogging should resume as normal tomorrow (19th January).

I will be away for a few days and will not be able to update the blog until 17 January. Please check back then.

I am back earlier than expected. I will be answering all comments on the blog. I am going to try and cover all new firearms released this year!

I will be away next week and will not be able to update the blog until 7 January. Please check back then.

Unfortunately I will not have internet access so will be unable to respond to email.

Have a great New Year and a prosperous 2008!

I am back home and will start blogging soon.

I had a very interesting interview James Clark from Magpul about their new Masada rifle and will be posted that soon.

I am going on holiday for two weeks and will not be able to post until 16 December. Please check back then.

Unfortunately I will not have internet access for most of the time I am away and I will not be able to respond to email.

I have been very busy which is why I have been posting so lightly.

I will be getting back into the blogging in the next few days!

Traction Control has many great photos from the Gun Bloggers range day:

Many more photos here.

Microsoft Ad Center does not allow advertising that promotes firearms:

Advertising that promotes firearms or weapons of any kind is not allowed.

Neither does yahoo:

We will not show results on pages that contain problematic content, including but not limited to:
….
Weaponry, ammunition, fireworks or explosives

Nor does google:

Sales or promotion of weapons or ammunition (e.g., firearms, fighting knives, stun guns)

Google’s restriction is only restricted to sales but this has not stopped them from banning gun bloggers.

Unfortunately gun bloggers are out of luck with Microsoft, Yahoo and Google: the mainstream advertising network.

USCitizen is off to the Gunblogger Rendezvous (I wish I could go!) and has posted a photo of this luggage:

Contents:

* One Kimber Pro Carry in .45 Auto with three magazines: empty
* One leather inside-belt holster for 1911 pistol(not pictured)
* One Bushmaster AR-15 lower assembly with 6-position collapsible stock
* One Bushmaster XM15 E25 Shorty AK Carbine Upper assembly with M-203 heat shield, ETC 37 mm Flare Launcher and Leupold 6.5 – 20 variable power scope
* One Jonathan Arthur Ciener .22 LR caliber conversion kit for AR-a5, consisting of bolt assembly and two 20 round .22 LR magazines: empty
* One DJHT .50 caliber BMG upper assembly with variable power, lighted reticle, Mil-dot scope and M-60 bipod
* Three (3) thirty round and one (1) twenty round capacity AR-15 magazines: empty.
* One (1) set foam hearing protection from Remington (not pictured)
* Case by SBK of Orange, CA – with four (4) locks
* Total weight 60.5 pounds

I think the only thing missing is a few more magazines!

See the full-sized photo here.

UPDATE: Ride Fast is also traveling heavy:

Tommy (top) – Auto-Ordnance Mod. 1927, .45 ACP
Bertha (mid left) – Bloom und Voss .44 mag
Baby (mid center) – Colt 1911A1, .45 ACP
Hidie (mid right) – HK USP Compact, .45 ACP
Barbie (bottom) – Winchester 94, 30-30 Win

Full sized photo here.

SayUncle recently wrote here and here about how Google refuses to allow Google ads on gun blogs because….

the content of your site is largely focused on firearms, the site is not a good fit for the AdSense program.

I just realized that Google itself advertises on it’s own ’site largely focused on firearms’! The Google Groups rec.guns group!

Here is a screenshot of Google ads on one of the rec.guns posts:

If this isn’t a double standard I do not know what is.