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"Do we have "STUPID" stamped across our foreheads?"
Seattle Times ^ | 3/22/07 | Dave Workman

Posted on 03/23/2007 9:44:10 AM PDT by kiriath_jearim

As the first, and for a great while the only, journalist to talk on the record with Jim Zumbo following his disastrous blog entry about semiautomatic rifles in mid-February, I was disappointed, but hardly surprised that Ray Schoenke would use the opportunity to attack the National Rifle Association and blame it for Zumbo's troubles ["Real hunters and shooters need to stand up to the NRA," Times guest commentary, March 20].

The NRA did not, as Schoenke asserted, start the Internet frenzy against Zumbo. The NRA had very little to do with Zumbo's troubles, and Schoenke knows it.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; zumbo

1 posted on 03/23/2007 9:44:12 AM PDT by kiriath_jearim
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To: Shooter 2.5
"The NRA did not, as Schoenke asserted, start the Internet frenzy against Zumbo. The NRA had very little to do with Zumbo's troubles, and Schoenke knows it."

Hmmm... ! What were we both saying just the other day?

I thought you might get a kick out of this, shooter.

2 posted on 03/23/2007 9:49:23 AM PDT by Joe Brower (Sheep have two speeds: "graze" and "stampede".)
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To: kiriath_jearim
The NRA did not, as Schoenke asserted, start the Internet frenzy against Zumbo. The NRA had very little to do with Zumbo's troubles, and Schoenke knows it.

Not necessarily. Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be described by incompetence.

3 posted on 03/23/2007 10:26:28 AM PDT by magslinger (Submission? That's a bit of a problem!)
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To: magslinger
That quote should read I was disappointed, but hardly surprised that Ray Schoenke would use the opportunity to attack the National Rifle Association and blame it for Zumbo's troubles
4 posted on 03/23/2007 10:28:14 AM PDT by magslinger (Submission? That's a bit of a problem!)
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To: Joe Brower

It's always fun when they blame the NRA all the time. You can't buy that kind of advertising.


5 posted on 03/23/2007 4:39:45 PM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (Vote a Straight Republican Ballot. Rid the country of dems. NRA)
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To: kiriath_jearim

Great expose on fake 'hunting groups' that are actually proxies for organized gungrabbers.


6 posted on 03/23/2007 4:51:12 PM PDT by George W. Bush
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To: magslinger
The American Hunters and Shooters Association is a useless turd. Here are their comments on 'Keeping A Gun In The Home.' Note the reference to the infamous Kellerman study. The Kellerman study has been so thoroughly discredited that anyone who quotes it must be considered a total anti. The rest of the page is a screed about why it is bad to keep a gun in the house.

Of course, Schoenke is significant because he played golf with Bill Clinton and went to one of the 'famous White House coffees.' Note that the Washington Post does not refer to 'infamous White House coffees.'

Speaking as a hunter, shooter, carry permit holder, and gun salesman, I have heard enough from stuck up jerks like Schoenke. These people believe that they're duck hunters and therefore better and smarter than anyone else who thinks they can own a gun. They're cannibals and useful idiots. The second amendment is not for people like Ray Schoenke. The second amendment is because of people like Ray Schoenke.

7 posted on 03/24/2007 5:15:17 AM PDT by sig226 (see my profile for the democrat culture of corruption)
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