It was the editor in chief of Outdoor Life who had accepted (reluctantly?) JZ's resignation.
Here's where to find it: After going to the link at the top of this thread, look near the very of the article (2nd page) for the following:
"Jim is a good guy, and I feel bad about this unfortunate situation," Smith said. "We are living in very delicate times. For someone to call these firearms 'terrorist' rifles, that is a flash-point word. You are painting a bunch of enthusiasts with the word. They don't like being called terrorists."
What is with this LIKE? What part of "we don't deserve being called something we're not" doesn't this effing moron get?
Had he said "They don't deserve being called terrorists." Mr. Smith would have been defending us.
But instead, by saying that American gun-owners "don't like being called terrorists," I think he revealed too much. Mr. Smith's words sound like he's comparing us to Al Qaeda which doesn't like being called terrorists either even though that is what they actually are. Al Qeada earned the word Mr. Smith!
Either these people just don't get it, or that is the thinking they must have before they can get a job in any old style media (especially one like Outdoor Life that is owned by Time Inc).
The whole construction of his comments is offensive. Take it, sentence by sentence, word by word.
Smith sees it as an "unfortunate situation". Talk about an understatement. "Delicate times"? For whom? You, Mr. Smith? For Mr. Zumbo? For those who wish to propagandize and are called on it? "Enthusiasts"? How about Americans who exercise their Rights and own 'nasty looking firearms'. Firearms not unlike every single semiautomatic ever built. Just different cosmetically.
Mr. Smith seems like he wished he had the audacity to be as blatant as Mr. Zumbo.