Dear friends,

Many of you have written to ask why The Armed Citizen’s pages have become stale and dormant.

I must offer both my gratitude and my apologies for the way the site has shaped up. (Or, rather, shaped down.)

This website personally cost me a great deal of effort and personal funds to develop. I had a vision for creating a powerhouse of resources, news, tips and information for you, and for the burgeoning base of armed citizens in America. However, when we relaunched on New Years Day 2011, the traffic remained less than half our original numbers at the old blog, which made it difficult to sell any advertising to make it profitable.

Furthermore, the effort-per-output ratio changed because of Righthaven. Before, it was as simple as copying relevant paragraphs. Now, each story requires an individual rewrite.

My friends, I left my job to pursue this website, and even postponed law school in part because I believed I could make this website worth everyone’s while. Now that the first quarter has had the results it has, I am prioritizing a job search in an economy that does not favor the unemployed, even those with a degree.

I hope to find ways of streamlining the website, possibly relaunching it utilizing Facebook, which automatically excerpts articles — no copyright trolls could ever complain or demand $75,000 for reposting content that is already freely disseminated elsewhere.

Click here to access the Facebook group

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your donations, visits and support. You, our friends, proved to be providential in donating, saving us from a settlement which was rather significant to poor bloggers like Clayton and myself. I wish we could have returned in the way our friends deserved.

Thanks for all your support.

Stay armed, stay safe and stay tuned!

-David Burnett
Founder, The Armed Citizen