That would be like hating Charlie McCarthy instead of Edgar Bergan.
Why do we have so many political discussions clogging up our "gun discussion board"?
A few here have attacked the treatment of zumbo, saying "he apologized and you still kept after him". His first apology was not much more than an excuse: "I was tired after a long day of hunting" - using the odd reasoning that he wouldn't utter soundbites that the brady bunch could use if he had 8 hours of sleep. Funny, on several occassionas I have gone for a couple days without sleep and not once did I refer to an ar-15 as a "terrorist rifle".
Hopefully zumbo will enjoy his involuntary retirement.
Not a chance. I've been following this from the start. What Zumbo wrote was totally uncalled for and needed a public response. Zumbo's first two apologies were so lame they just added fuel to the fire. The third apology was a good start, but didn't go far enough.
Not a chance. I've been following this from the start. What Zumbo wrote was totally uncalled for and needed a public response. Zumbo's first two apologies were so lame they just added fuel to the fire. The third apology was a good start, but didn't go far enough.
For those of you who haven't been following the story, Zumbo's blog calling AR/AK type weapons terrorist weapons ignited a firestorm that quickly cost him his job and all his sponsors. I can only hope that the anti-gun politicians take heed after seeing what happened to Zumbo.
Only the military and those who have a Class III Dealers License from the ATF can purchase or possess assault rifles.
Some rifles sold to the US public and citizens are semi-automatic rifles that look like assault rifles, but are basically the same as any semi-automatic rifle on the market, in hunting or para-military configuration.
I wish these New York Times writers would get things straight. They reveal how novice they are in the world of fire arms usage.This tends to make NRA members shoot first. Ignorance is the worst enemy.
I bet New York Times writers put almost no range time in during the last year, and write with very little experience.
So how does the writer know what questions to ask , or even write about the issue? Its just propaganda. Propaganda makes people "shoot first" as well it should.
Zumbo is a Dumbo.
All the more reason we should all be ready to support any real conservative who looks like they are going to give Rudy a run for it.
Hmmmm Identifying with Bambi-esque animated
characters.....I guess that would mean
that Senator Levin would be Grandpa
Beaver, expounding his sagacious wisdom
to the collected Beaver clan, that the
best option is for all the beavers to
run in different directions, because the
mean old human hunters couldn't possibly
find *everybody*....
Our farmers commonly shoot ground squirrels. Sometimes they pay local kids a bounty. Their burrows are an extreme hazard to large farm equipment and can cause death and injury to the driver who's machine turns over because of unsteady ground. In an area where there is nothing but farmland for miles and miles, a good rifle can allow you to exterminate the vermin from a distance. It is less harmful to the environment than chemical poisons. City people just don't understand.
Zumbo was ridiculed (rightly so) here on FR because he implied a belief that hunting was the main reason for the 2nd amendment, not protection from government.
Last year's prairie dog fishing tournament was held in October and was followed by a prairie dog chili cook-off.
Zumbo deserved WORSE than he got - who is he to call his law-abiding neighbors "terrorists?"
Give Jim Zumbo's columns to Jim Shepherd
That would be like hating Charlie McCarthy instead of Edgar Bergan.
Zumbo did vastly more damage to the gun rights movement than any comments or angry calls by gun owners.
To have not spoken out against Zumbo would have supported his arguments.
And don't forget it. We are the NRA and we will decide election '08.
Maybe the RUDIBOTS should pay attention and try to understand why Zumbo Incidents happen.