Me, too!
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But I am gonna try!
Posted on 03/03/2007 1:13:46 PM PST by CondiRice08
A famous hunter and outdoorsman recently voiced misgivings about people who use assault rifles to kill prairie dogs. “Assault rifle” is a much touchier term. It is generally understood to be the kind of gun that soldiers use in wars and terrorists use on the evening news. But the gun lobby despises “assault rifle,” considering it a false, scary label tacked onto perfectly legitimate weapons by people who want to take away others’ rights. That is a debate for another day. “Excuse me, maybe I’m a traditionalist,” he wrote, “but I see no place for these weapons among our hunting fraternity.” He added: “To most of the public, an assault rifle is a terrifying thing. Let’s divorce ourselves from them. I say game departments should ban them from the prairies and woods.” Until he wrote that, Mr. Zumbo was one of the most admired hunters in America, a widely read magazine writer with his own cable TV program and lots of lecture appearances and corporate sponsorships. He of all people should have known that “ban” is the mother of all fighting words to gun zealots. His 250-word posting caused a huge eruption on gun blogs, and Mr. Zumbo instantly became their second-most-hated man, after the gun-control advocate James Brady. He lost his blog, was dumped by Outdoor Life magazine and was disowned by the National Rifle Association, after 40 years of membership. His corporate sponsors, including the gunmaker Remington, ditched him. His cable show was canceled. The N.R.A. issued a chilling statement warning Congress to take heed of Mr. Zumbo’s fate. By the time Blaine Harden told his story in The Washington Post, Mr. Zumbo was professionally dead. The paranoia and gloating that Mr. Zumbo’s name has evoked on gun discussion boards like ar15.com and freerepublic.com speak for themselves.p>
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Be happy then, for I am NOT a 'hunter', yet I have a rifle that most folks FEAR!!!!
Go figger!!
But I am gonna try!
The only reason the NYT has editors and fact checkers, is so they can for sure recognize what might be considered facts, and thus eliminate them before the printing process, so they can hold religiously to the liberal mantra, "don't confuse me with the facts, my mind is made up".
Bye bye breakfast!
Earth to NYT, the word H U N T I N G is no where to be found in the Consitution of the United States of America, and especially not specifically in the Second Amendment thereto.
i don't know why they mention FR... this place was a day late on zumbo...
A "tackdriver" is a common term for an accurate rifle. Zumbo is correct with the use of that definition.
Any proper gum chewer chews TriDent. You backwards NASCAR types are ruining the image of gum chewers everywhere by associating us with poor oral hygeine and tooth decay.
I'm sure Zumbo understood his market and is simply executing a savvy strategy. Probably, he is planning to open up the "Upper West Side School of Hunting/Riflery Club" and advertise his services to NY Times readers. They are surely an underserved market and he could capture first mover advantage. Look for him launching a series of PR events at Zabar's in the near future!
That's actually an improvement over the media calling us a "blog."
"A "tackdriver" is a common term for an accurate rifle. Zumbo is correct with the use of that definition."
REALLY....???
Guess I won't have to take back my Tikka T-3 .270 with the 4.5 to 14 X Nikon Buckmaster now.
THANKS....!!!
[it was a JOKE]
LOL!
No, douche bags. No one hates Mr. Brady, no one rational, anyway. We hate his wife, who has exploited a seriously injured man for her own reasons. Just like liberals claim they do - we hate the exploiter, not the exploited.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
Nope, he apologized for the column.
Do an FR search on "zumbo".
“ban” is the mother of all fighting words to gun zealots.
How about "ban" is the mother of all wet dreamns to anti-gun zealots? (Like the cockroach who wrote this article)
This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine...
They're New Yorkers, they'd lose bladder control if they even saw a gun, let alone touched one.
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