The real shame of the whole thing is that we were put in a position where we had to lynch a man that many considered to be "one of our own", but we lynched him all the same, and we will do it again, because there are issues at stake here that are bigger than any one man. As a group we are a political force to be reckoned with. There are serious economic and public opinion consequences to speaking out against the second amendment, and we will make those consequences felt wherever we must, whether it's someone we consider a friend or not.
I hope all those RINO's in congress remember what happened to Jim Zumbo when it comes time to vote for that new assault weapons ban. And I hope they realize that we know what makes the world tick... it's money, and they aren't going to see any of it from us unless we see support from them.
I'm of a mind to agree. Everybody sometimes suffers from the foot in mouth syndrome. His original comments seemed to stem from the appropriateness of the AR family as potential hunting rifles, but he did also call them terrorist weapons. That's what blew his foot off on full auto. Actually the 223 is rarely allowed for deer sized game. But it is quite often used on varmints. My Mini-14 came with a five rd hunting mag but then it's really old and didn't have the plastic on board.
I think he's on the right track, especially with Ted Nugent to guide him. But what he really needs to do, IMHO is to completely separate the whole HUNTING issue from the Second Amendment as the Amendment's whole "purpose." Hunting would be covered as a sub-item to the 2nd and not the primary purpose.
Historically, when my aligator mouth got in front of my pigeon brain I just got my own butt kicked.
This stunt will hurt every gun owner in America - very possibly very badly.