[xsrdx]

Looks like "exit stage left" for JZ, sponsors can't cut him loose fast enough.

Always think before you blog...

[U S Army EOD]

I think the use of nukes would be more appropriate.

[sit-rep]

And this is Ted Nugent's post to the people coming down on Zumbo at Nugents Blog...

...if you don't accept his apology, get the hell away from my campfire..."

A sad day it is...

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Quick, where's the Clinton crocodile tear video clip?

[digger48]

They do not want American gun owners to make a distinction between assault weapons and traditional hunting guns such as shotguns and rifles. If they did, a rift could emerge between hunters, who tend to have the most money for political contributions to gun rights causes, and assault-weapon owners, who tend to have lots of passion but less cash.

Huh?????

[martin_fierro]

Zumbo said some inane stuff and rightfully paid a price.

Al Franken's signature is on the papers by which AirAmerica ripped off a childrens' charity -- and now he's running for public office.

[Terriergal]

The reaction -- from tens of thousands of owners of assault rifles across the country, from media and manufacturers rooted in the gun business, and from the National Rifle Association -- has been swift, severe and unforgiving. Despite a profuse public apology and a vow to go hunting soon with an assault weapon, Zumbo's career appears to be over.

Have you EVER read a more slanted summary of the whole incident?

His apology was halfhearted AT BEST. Frankly, I do cringe when I think of the reaction, the idea that his whole career is over. But... I think the guy was WAYYYY out of line and part of the rules of doing stupid things and being wrong is you don't get to control the consequences.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Good.

Zumbo deserved all he received.

We now face that worst onslaught in the history of civilization against the rights of freemen to bear arms and the final bulwark against tyrants.

We are alone.

We will make, or break, history.

Like denizens of the Titanic, Zumbo is a fool that lived in his gilded cage and thought it to be the world.

[AnAmericanMother]

A very slanted article, that misses the whole reason for the anger against Zumbo.

Like a lot of hunters, he thinks the Second Amendment is about hunting. It's not.

Even in his "apology", he demonstrated that he still doesn't understand that basic fact.

Plus, there is no viable or reasonable distinction between so-called "assault weapons" (which aren't assault weapons at all - an assault weapon is a small-caliber, select fire lightweight rifle for use by paratroopers/special forces) and "ordinary" rifles. The distinctions as drawn in the law are cosmetic only.

So the real problem is that this man, despite his long career on the hunting side, has demonstrated that he still doesn't get it.

[Poser]

Typical lefty article.

Sorry Zumbo. Have a good retirement.

The second amendment has nothing to do with hunting.

[Eagles6]

Mr. Zumbo and msnbc seem to be under the delusion, as many of the unwashed masses are, that the 2nd Amendment is about hunting.

[headstamp]

"They do not want American gun owners to make a distinction between assault weapons and traditional hunting guns such as shotguns and rifles. If they did, a rift could emerge between hunters, who tend to have the most money for political contributions to gun rights causes, and assault-weapon owners, who tend to have lots of passion but less cash."

What a pant load. Ever see what the typical collector/enthusiast lays out in a year on his hobby? Thought not.

[marron]

"He apologized all over himself, and it didn't do any good."

I think it was the word "terrorist". I don't think a prairie dog distinguishes between a .223 fired from an AR or from something Zumbo approves of.

As others have noted, the 2nd Ammendment isn't about hunting. You'd think a guy who spent his life writing about firearms would know that.

He's got the same problem that some well known entertainers are discovering. You have the right to insult me. You don't have the right to insult me with no consequences. There are actors whose movies I no longer watch, singers whose records I no longer buy, and writers I don't read. Its not a boycott, I just don't like them enough to spend my money on their products any more.

[tarheelswamprat]

I would not be surprised to hear, in a few weeks, after the immediate hoopla has died down, that Zumbo has been hired as an advisor/writer for a publication with anti-gun ties, which will then use him as a propaganda-front as exemplifying "the true face of reasonable gun owners" or some such. Or, George Soros might just hire him directly.

My point is, don't worry over his lost "career". The left will take good care of him now - he is far too valuable and useful to them to let this opportunity pass.

[holymoly]

Jim Zumbo is now world famous:

Australia: Blog Entry Ruins Outdoorsman’s Career

In regards to the above Washington Post article, the author is as ignorant about firearms, and the Second Amendment, as Jim Zumbo.

The reaction -- from tens of thousands of owners of assault rifles

Wrong. Assault rifles are selective-fire. The reaction came from owners of semi-automatic rifles. Big difference.

I notice the author, Blaine Harden, also uses the terms "assault weapon" and "assault-style firearms" in his article.

Obviously, Mr. Harden has been drinking the Brady Campaign Kool-Aid.

[Thumper1960]

Zumbo: Never bite the hand that feeds you.

Ya idiot.

[Spirochete]

Zumbo went so far as to call scary-looking guns "terrorist rifles". This is part of the agitprop blitz for the upcoming AWB part II. Now we have his scalp, and there will be more.

At the time of the first AWB, in 1994:

• Rush was a relative newcomer
  
• The internet was in its infancy
  
• No one had heard of "blogs"
  
• Free Republic didn't exist
  
• The Big Three networks monopolized and drove debate
  
• Zumbo could blather about "terrorist rifles" unchallenged
  

  Things are different now.

[Krankor]

Hunting prairie dogs with assault weapons? How is that a sport?

[BallyBill]

"America's gun culture" they use that phrase like guns are just something Americans treat like Baseball. You don't have to even own a gun to understand that there wouldn't be an America without guns.

[DTogo]

It all happened in the past week, after he publicly criticized the use of military-style assault rifles by hunters, especially those gunning for prairie dogs.

Getting a buck with an open-sight SKS is far more "sport" than with some "magnum" shell through a high-powered scope.

[Pro-Bush]

Big mistake!