[xsrdx]

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

Always think before you blog...

[George W. Bush]

Shot across Congress’ bow

In announcing that it was suspending its professional ties with Zumbo, the NRA -- a well-financed gun lobby that for decades has fought attempts to regulate assault weapons -- noted that the new Congress should pay careful attention to the outdoors writer's fate.

"Our folks fully understand that their rights are at stake," the NRA statement said. It warned that the "grassroots" passion that brought down Zumbo shows that millions of people would "resist with an immense singular political will any attempts to create a new ban on semi-automatic firearms."

The day of reckoning for The Rudy and McStain is nearing.

The NRA and GOA are coldly awaiting their moment. And it will be bloody.

[DJ Taylor]

"As hunters, we don't need to be lumped into the group of people who terrorize the world with them. . . . I'll go so far as to call them 'terrorist' rifles."

Zumbo just found out the hard way that around here you don't bad mouth a man's rifle or his pick up truck, and, by the way, you need to be somewhat careful what you say about his wife too.

[TXnMA]

If I can only afford one rifle, my choice will be one that is effective (and intimidating-looking) for defense. If some elitist snob wants me to use something else for hunting -- let him, then, give me his choice of "pretty gun" as a gift.

He has absoluutely no say in what tools I choose to spend my hard-earned $$$ on -- nor where or for what lawful purposes I elect to use them.

[MichiganConservative]

Why do people seem to be down on "select-fire" weapons here? The 2nd amendment prohibits the federal government from making laws relating to arms - period. It should be between me and the dealer if I want to go to a store and trade some cash for a piece of artillery. The government should not be involved. ALL federal laws restricting weapons ownership are immoral, illegal and should be repealed, as should any and all state laws.

[Cacique]

bump it for later

[driftdiver]

This thread is seriously missing some pictures.

[gotribe]

For all intents and purposes the 2nd Amendment today is about hunting weapons. Not sure when it happened, but firearms of the type we could actually use to overthrow our government are no longer legal in a practical sense unless you're very rich.

[headstamp]

http://fieldandstream.blogs.com/gunnut/2007/02/zumbomania_davi.html

More entertainment.

[Mini-14]

If you have been following Ted Nugent's forum, Zumbo finally came out with an acceptable apology on the 3rd try.

"Thank you all for letting me speak. Yes, I know the 2nd Amendment has nothing to do with hunting and hunting guns, and yes, I promise you I am now dedicated to educate all shooters that we must all stick together regardless of our gun choices, and also tolerate the firearms others may choose to use if they are dissimilar to ours. I will do everything I can, within my power as a journalist and public speaker, to protect the 2nd Amendment and America's gun owners."

http://nugeboard.tednugent.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/287127.html

Quotation by prominent gun writer in a private forum:

Well, in the bigger picture, what has happened to Zumbo and now Petzal serves as a signal to Congress, as that gomer wrote in the Washington Post article.

If we, as a community, are willing to butcher giants like Zumbo and Petzal in public, it may give some of those on Capitol Hill pause before they try to take on gun rights. "We have awakened a sleeping giant, and filled him with a terrible resolve."

The timing of this is remarkable. Carolyn McCarthy introduced HR 1022 the other day to renew and expand the AWB. and make it permanent. Days later, the EBR community (Evil Black Rifle) is energized as they have not been before. Even if it was only a lynch party, they may now be fired up enough to turn their attention toward their own congressional representatives.

We can only hope. To that end. Zumbo probably DID do us all a favor.

I learned some really interesting things in watching the various forums, the main thing being that the companies that sell black rifles must be distributing history books because the guys with those rifles are the ones who "get it" about the 2nd Amendment.

New Lexicon:

FUDD - Hunters who don't understand the 2nd Amendment.
ARF - Someone who owns an "EBR". Contraction of AR-Fifteen.
EBR - Evil black rifle
GOMER - Haven't figured this one out yet. Seems to be the opposite
of a FUDD. May be a reference to Gomer Pyle.

Zumbo's replacement is David Petzal who is now getting "Zumboed":

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=257553
http://fieldandstream.blogs.com/gunnut/2007/02/zumbomania_davi.html
http://fieldandstream.blogs.com/gunnut/2007/02/zumbomania_part.html

Bulletin board to coordinate blog swarms:

http://www.gunsnet.net/forums/showthread.php?t=304334&page=1&pp=30

[VOA]

...he publicly criticized the use of military-style assault rifles
by hunters, especially those gunning for prairie dogs.

It's deja vu all over again.

It feels like Jocelyn Elders and the Bill Clinton years all over again.
As in "let's use safer bullets".
As if the varmits care about whether they are terminated by
traditional varmit rifles or adapted modern arms.

[DesScorp]

Ted Nugent has used his message boards to get Zumbo's apology out. You can read both Nuge and Zumbo's comments here:

The Apology

[LiberalBassTurds]

"As hunters, we don't need to be lumped into the group of people who terrorize the world with them. . . . I'll go so far as to call them 'terrorist' rifles."

Funny, I alway thought of mine as anti-terrorist rifles.

LBT
-=-=-

[coloradan]

Incidentally, the WP can't write an honest title for anything. It wasn't a gun comment, it was a ban comment.

[School of Rational Thought]

lose Pat Wray too.

[claudiustg]

The left is cranking up another AWB campaign. It must me time to buy another gun and a pile of 15 round Glock magazines. When Clinton was President I bought a new gun almost every year.

[Mr. Mojo]

Gun Remark Kills Outdoorsman's Career

Good, because Zumbo still doesn't understand that the 2A isn't about hunting. ....and I doubt he ever will. (He apologized for his comments only after learning that many hunters do indeed use "assault" rifles in the field, as if that fact makes any difference whatsoever as far as whether or not they should be legal).

[kcvl]

While researching a story about the annual whale migration off the West Coast,, Blaine Harden, a national correspondent for The Washington Post, heard about transient killer whales terrorizing harbor seals near Puget Sound. He decided it was the better story (“Wild Ones,” page 52). “They seemed to psychologically traumatize those [seals] they didn’t eat,” he says. Harden covers the American West for the Post and is the author of two books, Africa: Dispatches From a Fragile Continent and A River Lost: The Life and Death of the Columbia.

[kcvl]

Zumbo lives in a log home in the mountains between Cody, Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park, with his wife, Madonna, and their two Labrador retrievers -- in an area he claims offers the best big game hunting in the lower 48. He routinely hunts whitetails and other game in at least 20 states each year. He also hunts Canada and Alaska extensively and has hunted abroad as well, including Africa, Europe, and South America. He has recently completed a personal goal of hunting deer in all 50 states. He has already hunted elk in every western "elk" state, and has hunted all but two Canadian provinces.


http://www.jimzumbo.com/biography.html

[PJ-Comix]

[kcvl]

Outdoor Life And Jim Zumbo Part Ways

By Todd. W. Smith
Editor-in-Chief

Outdoor Life magazine Editor-in-Chief Todd Smith released the following statement today regarding writer Jim Zumbo:

February 2007

In light of comments made by Jim Zumbo in his February 16, 2007 blog posting on the magazine’s website, Mr. Zumbo has offered to terminate his association with Outdoor Life, and the magazine has accepted his offer. Accordingly, he will no longer be contributing to the magazine in print or online. His final column with Outdoor Life will appear in the April 2007 issue, which has already gone to press.

We respect Mr. Zumbo's First Amendment right to free speech, and we acknowledge his subsequent apology and admission of error. However, Outdoor Life has always been, and will always be, a steadfast supporter of all aspects of the shooting sports and our Second Amendment rights, which do not make distinctions based on the appearance of the firearms we choose to own, shoot or hunt with.

We regret this turn of events, as Mr. Zumbo has been a good friend to this magazine and lifelong advocate for hunters and hunting rights.

We appreciate the comments we've received from our loyal readers about this matter and encourage them to continue to correspond with us. Please direct any additional comments to OLletters@time4.com.