That was the Week that Was: 2013 Week 39

OLate, late, late. Sometimes we feel like the White Rabbit around here. We’ll back date this post to maintain the pleasant fiction that we post a TW3 and Matinee every Saturday. (Would you believe, Sunday night?)

We do what we can.

The links are all live.

The Boring Statistics

This week saw a return to average volume from last week’s 19,000 words. It was about 14,000. We put up 22 posts, up from 20.  The mean post was 620 words, driven down by a handful of very short posts. Comrades, we have overfulfilled five-year-plan: we continued to exceed our target of 19 posts (3x day x6 days +1 on Sunday). Comments were in the low 60s, below average. What we’re writing isn’t exciting you, apparently.

Most Commented Post of the Week

The most commented post was Don’t Trust ATF? Neuther does the FBI. In all honesty, even ATF agents don’t trust their own agency to do right by them. They seem to revel in hanging field guys, especially guys who have done a lot of undercover work, out to dry, while a manager can commit just about any violation of law and policy you can name — even supplying guns to criminals that are then used to murder other Federal agents — and only gets promoted.

No wonder you guys like to talk about this agency.

The Week in Posts

Here’s the recap of our posts for this week:

• Our Sunday post was called, “Sunday afternoon.” Yeah, not exactly revolutionary in its originality, was it?
• John C. Garand, from Canada where the house she not grow side-by-each? He invented the world’s deadliest rifle.
• We cast a jaundiced eye on Liberation theology and Che Guevara.
• …and show you where to buy A little fake history for your gun rack. The Dillinger/Hebman replica didn’t sell, and is relisted here at the same price. Back in 2010, Steve Johnson at The Firearm Blog chronicled the construction of what appears to be this very replica.
• When the Air Force snubs Vietnam KIAs; vets and civilians step up. Nice to know someone has your back, even if nobody in the E-Ring does.
• When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have fangs, but fortunately other outlaws will have spears.
• Why are cops jumpy on domestic calls? What some brain-dead did to Rod Bradway is one reason.
• We offer up a Flashbang and Speedbump update. For those of you who are not members of the fan club or Rolling Stone subscribers, anyway.
• We belatedly reported Last week’s TW3 finally up.
• Just in time for the Wednesday Weapons Website of the Week: NGSF
• When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have hunks of pipe (which turned out to be a baseball bat).
• When you fire a bullet, you own it and all it does. Responsibility….
• If you Don’t trust ATF? Neither does the FBI.
• When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have fire pits. Just because something can burn doesn’t mean throwing it in a fire is a good idea.
• We find a nice graphic on world small arms — and note that Just because it’s graphic, doesn’t mean it’s good.
• A mealy-mouthed DOD statement reminds us that SF guys die. DOD suits lie.
• One advantage of victory in war is that you get all the losers’ cool stuff. Like, Whose German Scientists?
• The internet is bloated with people telling you about laws in general and gun laws in particular. Remember, If you didn’t pay, it’s not legal advice.
• So we check with a real lawyer about The Legal side of David Guth’s threats.
• We observe How agencies react to Austerity: DOD vs. HSI
• A fantastic photo shows men Using Gravity, and Beating it
• Our movie feature was Saturday Matinee 2012 39: The Beast
• Which brings us full circle, right back here: That was the week that was: 2013 Week 39.

How we did on last week’s promises

Not as well as we’d like, but about as well as we usually do. The overdue and the underdelivered:

1. X A horror story from NJ promised originally now some four weeks ago.
2. X A major post on Gerald Bull’s awesome space-capable artillery that seems to have entrenched itself on the back burner.
3. √ To post 3 x day x 6 days.
4. X To post a √ WWWW, a X TW3, and a X Saturday Matinee, before COB Saturday. Well, we did get them all up by Sunday.
5. X One back Saturday Matinee. No joy here.

We like that set of promises and are keeping the same ones!

For Next Week

Our goal remains:

1. to post three times a day, six days a week, of which:
2. one gun-tech post and one SOF, UW, or war-related post up daily.
3. a WWWW, on Wednesday.
4. a Saturday Matinee, and a TW3 before the week ends at midnight Saturday.
5. one back Matinee — at least.

See you with a TW3 on Saturday!