Throw Zumbo Under the Bus?
Fellow outdoor blogger Jim Zumbo, of significant more fame then I, has set the outdoor blogging world a blaze this weekend with his views on assault weapons. Now in case you’ve been in a cave or out all weekend shooting prairie dogs here is what he said in a nutshell.
I call them “assault” rifles, which may upset some people. Excuse me, maybe I’m a traditionalist, but I see no place for these weapons among our hunting fraternity. I’ll go so far as to call them “terrorist” rifles. They tell me that some companies are producing assault rifles that are “tackdrivers.”
Sorry, folks, in my humble opinion, these things have no place in hunting. We don’t need to be lumped into the group of people who terrorize the world with them, which is an obvious concern.
I certainly do not support Jim’s view on these weapons but I’m also not willing to throw him under a bus like it seems many hunters and gun owners seem all quick to do. Jim has now posted an apology for his blog post and has backtracked on many of these words.
I guess my question is that in situations where a person doesn’t fully agree with a principle but over all supports it does that make them the enemy? I think not. If we need 100% support in all our views will alienate and divide us even quicker. Our world of hunting is littered with countless debates that well never all agree on; Crossbows, baiting, high fence hunting, what is a true muzzleloader, Sunday hunting, and dog hunting to name a few. I’m glad Jim has changed his mind on this issue but even if he hadn’t I still would consider him a friend and supporter to hunters and gun owners.
went to Zumbo’s site and they have fired him. I would like to read the whole post. I would be able to know better what I was talking about if I did. If he is against hunting with machine guns, so am I. Please forward story if you have it.
Comment by Rex — February 19, 2007 @ 6:42 pm
Check these links
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:jDZ0K76hUJUJ:outdoorlife.blogs.com/zumbo/2007/02/assault_rifles_.html+zumbo,+outdoorlife&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:ldEAJHvKgc0J:outdoorlife.blogs.com/zumbo/2007/02/i_was_wrong_big.html+zumbo,+outdoor+life,+apology&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a
Comment by Moose — February 19, 2007 @ 7:34 pm
holy crap! what a mess.
Comment by Rex Howell — February 20, 2007 @ 1:12 am
He essentally called “Assault Rifle” owners terrorists. He doen;t understand why anyone would have an AR-15, and even can’t fathom why someone would hunt with one.
In short, Zumbo is:
- Only for guns that he likes.
- If you can’t hunt with it, it is useless.
- Terrorists use these guns.
- Ergo clueless, as the 2nd amendenment was for allow weapons that are military in nature, not for hunting.
- He is no friend of gun owners, and I think Zumbo is on the unemployment line, as he should be.
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I agree with your comments on Zumbo. I would LIKE to think the shooting fraternity has a wee bit more tolerance than some of these folks are demonstrating. Jim was expressing his OPINION and the last I checked the consitiution ,he has that right. Anybody seen him getting cozy with Sarah Brady lately ?? No, I didn’t think so.( Hell if you want to shoot squirrels with an M1 Abrams go ahead ! I personally haven’t seen one quite big enough to require that much gunpowder to put down ,unless I was under the influence of large ammounts of firewater.) I want to hear from the people who have never made a remark they had to apologise for.(Then I want to hear from their WIVES!)
Folks, we have enough other people out to yank our liberty away without kicking Jim for expressing an opinion ,the same way YOU can express yours.The good thing is,we still CAN.
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