The sheepdog works for the master, who harvests the sheep.

Heller commemorative 44

Ruger LCP NRA Edition

22/45

Today, this blog is nine years old. As is tradition, I like to look at the numbers:

30,957 posts

2,240,456 words

132,767 comments

11,220 tweets (5 of which are non-blog posts)

11,888,139 page views

6,202,916 visits

9,932 average page views per day

4,260 average visits per day

3:16 the average time, in minutes, a reader hangs around

Most visited page is the main page

In the past year, new visitors up 38%

479,506 unique visitors this year.

Most common referral is direct, meaning it’s bookmarked or accessed directly.

Top five referring sites in the last year that aren’t search engines: Instapundit, Tam, Snowflakes in Hell, Sharp as a Marble, and Breda.

Top 5 search terms this year that aren’t some variation of ‘sayuncle’: viewsonic g tablet review, sons of guns, s&w tacpen, akins accelerator, and atf shotgun ruling.

Most visited and commented on post this year: Getting back at TSA. Some how, the comments there became an internet meme. Fitting that my most visited post was visited for what other people say.

Most of you use firefox.

0 hippies punched

This Machine Breeds Fascists.

For Missouri teachers. A judge has blocked the law.

In Memphis:

A Transportation Security Administration employee at Memphis International Airport was arrested by airport police Wednesday after he was accused of carrying a handgun into the main terminal building.

The gun was found during a security check at the terminal’s “A” concourse in a bag belonging to TSA employee Richard Banks III. He told airport police that he forgot the handgun, a 9mm Glock 17, was in the bag.

His book notes his departure from the Bush administration in the wake of gun control cases going to the supreme court. Bush usually played lip service to gunnies, and at one point said he supported the renewal of the ban on weapons that look like assault weapons. Of course, Cheney has speculated that maybe it’s ok to limit magazine capacity as well.

Lewis Light Machine Gun

Remember the guy who used his gun in self defense while working at Wal-Greens and who got fired? Now, he’s suing:

After he foiled a robbery by pulling a handgun out of his pocket, Benton Harbor pharmacist Jeremy Hoven said he was fired from his job at Walgreens.
Now, he’s fired back with a federal lawsuit against Walgreens alleging wrongful termination.

Special laws for special people. This concept should be offensive to everyone, not just libertarians.

A woman’s photo taken at her annual trip to the shooting range. From 1936 to 2009.

Update: I am apparently a year and a half late on this story.

I like the selector switch shirt.

Heh

Tam on federal wood laws.

An interesting exchange with an anti-gunner.

How hot is it?

This hot.

Most popular operating system ranked most attacked operating system by guys who sell protection.

P-64

Blackhawk in 41

Redhawk in 454 casull

Model 94

Friends in larger cities are telling me that there are fights over food at grocery stores in light of the hurricane. I hope those are isolated events.

If you’re prepared for the zombie apocalypse, a hurricane is just a storm.

The governor does the right thing:

This order is adopted pursuant to my powers under Article 1 of Chapter 166A of the General Statutes and under Article 36A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes. It does not trigger the limitations on weapons in G.S. § 14-288.7 or impose any limitation on the consumption, transportation, sale or purchase of alcoholic beverages.

Ray Nagan has some giant, uhm, gumption to offer people advice on weathering hurricanes.

And all you readers in the drop zone, be careful and stay safe.

In an update to this post, Tam points out that your head is actually pretty resilient and handgun calibers suck.

Also, from comments there, a reporter who shot herself in the head, on air with a 38 took 14 hours to die.

Seen on facebook: Some Friend likes Downy.

Really? Downy?

ATF shuts down another dealer for clerical errors.

Free shipping on orders over $150 with promotion code DGP. And almost $200 off the Aimpoint H-1.

A third video of Officer Daniel Harless making death threats at a traffic stop emerges. Looks like he’ll merely get a slap on the wrist. Once is happenstance . . .

A push. Well, I wouldn’t stay in a hostile environment.

Sweet.

Suing over restrictive gun laws.

Tennessee as a survival retreat location.

* Joke lost on non-locals.