February 24, 2007
Jim Zumbo is History
Some of my fellow gun enthusiasts may have been keeping up with the rapid fall of Jim Zumbo, an Outdoor Life writer who had the poor judgment to write a blog post denouncing AR-15s as "terrorist" rifles.:
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"Excuse me, maybe I'm a traditionalist, but I see no place for these weapons among our hunting fraternity," Zumbo wrote in his blog on the Outdoor Life Web site. The Feb. 16 posting has since been taken down. "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."Given the casual nature with which Zumbo denounced an entire segment of the gun owning community, you may not be surprised to learn that Zumbo's time with Outdoor Life is over. Unfortunately, the news of this event has been penned, as it often is, by writers almost completely ignorant of, and likely antagonistic to, firearms. Readers familiar with firearms issues will spot right away multiple problems with the following paragraph:
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.The part about Zumbo's career being over is probably accurate, but the writer's use of "assault rifle" and "assault weapon" appears to be clumsy and to evince an ignorance of firearms and firearm terminology that is all too common among the nation's professional reporting class. If news writers were really the professionals they claim to be, they'd learn the terminology of the subject they're writing about.
In any event, the fate of Jim Zumbo should serve as a word to the wise : if you rely on gun owners for your bread and butter, don't go relying on Sarah Brady for edgy article ideas.
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Posted by: dick at February 24, 2007 10:40 PM (IsEA3)
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Last time i checked the #1 rifle of choice for "terrorists" was the AK-47, at least thats what everyone who has been shooting at them tells me... This is like demanding the outlawing of explosives since they are used by suicide bombers in bumbfuck Iraq.
Posted by: steve at February 24, 2007 10:59 PM (TlIfZ)
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The NRA of Iraq has called for a boycott of Outdoor life.
Posted by: JOHN RYAN at February 24, 2007 11:11 PM (TcoRJ)
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Thats funny, in America NRA means National Rifle Association, but in Iraq it must mean No Rights Allowed. Unless John Ryan was trying to make a different point? USA, all the way!
Posted by: Michael Weaver at February 25, 2007 12:43 AM (2OHpj)
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As for Zumbo, shouldn't that be pronounced 'Dumbo'? It's to bad about this because the damage is so hard to undo. The simple fact remains that more people in Amerca are killed by the lowly .22 cal weapon, than by any other firearm, and most of that is probably because hunters safety programs have been discouraged by the anti-gun left. USA, all the way!
Posted by: Michael Weaver at February 25, 2007 12:47 AM (2OHpj)
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If I want an M-79 grenade launcher and flachette rounds to blast away at cow blinder cactus on my ranch, that ought to be nobody's business but my own. All gun laws are unconstitutional, by definition. All_Of_Them.
Posted by: Hucbald at February 25, 2007 02:10 AM (w8csg)
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Hucbald your right. Rationally speaking we maybe could benefit from restricting Sarin, Anthrax and nukes. It's to bad the lefties have to take a mile when you give an inch. USA, all the way!
Posted by: Michael Weaver at February 25, 2007 05:45 AM (2OHpj)
Posted by: Ragnardo Di Cannaskjold at February 25, 2007 09:00 AM (b0FZu)
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A hybrid assault rifle wouldn't be so bad, as long as it combined your standard firing-pin assembly with an electronic firing system a la MetalStorm.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2007 08:49 PM (wZLWV)
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I like a CO2 powered pistol just fine, as long as it is loaded, and has enough penetration. My Dad had a .22 cal Pellet Pistol which had at least the penetration of a .22 LR cartridge. Ten shots as fast as you could squeeze the trigger, and quiet as well. Nice.
USA, all the way!
USA, all the way!
Posted by: Michael Weaver at February 25, 2007 10:49 PM (2OHpj)
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Pie.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at February 26, 2007 02:33 AM (eGb9y)
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That was a test.
It was only a test.
If it was an actual pie,
you'd have been given a fork and napkin.
And perhaps some coffee.
This concludes this test of the early pie warning system.
It was only a test.
If it was an actual pie,
you'd have been given a fork and napkin.
And perhaps some coffee.
This concludes this test of the early pie warning system.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at February 26, 2007 02:35 AM (eGb9y)
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Just for kicks, I'm going to go deer hunting next season with my
Yugoslavian Paratrooper Model AK-47. It's about as powerful as a 30-30,
and I've killed many a deer with an old Winchester '64, so I have no
doubt I can do it, especially if I have a night-scope with IR laser
target illumination. Yeah, that's gonna happen... But I digress; the
whole point would be to show that a gun is an inanimate object, and
they can't do one damn thing until someone picks them up and uses them,
so the only trick is to discourage indiscreet use of guns by severely
punishing even minor acts of criminal conduct involving firearms, and
by meting out the ultimate punishment to murderers, molesters, robbers,
and rapists. Take their lives, in swift and sure justice, and do it
publicly so that everyone will see what happens to scum. But my
apologies, for I digress again. Another time perhaps... ta!
Yugoslavian Paratrooper Model AK-47. It's about as powerful as a 30-30,
and I've killed many a deer with an old Winchester '64, so I have no
doubt I can do it, especially if I have a night-scope with IR laser
target illumination. Yeah, that's gonna happen... But I digress; the
whole point would be to show that a gun is an inanimate object, and
they can't do one damn thing until someone picks them up and uses them,
so the only trick is to discourage indiscreet use of guns by severely
punishing even minor acts of criminal conduct involving firearms, and
by meting out the ultimate punishment to murderers, molesters, robbers,
and rapists. Take their lives, in swift and sure justice, and do it
publicly so that everyone will see what happens to scum. But my
apologies, for I digress again. Another time perhaps... ta!
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at February 26, 2007 02:44 AM (eGb9y)
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Zern and Zumbo both supported the Clinton Criminal Bill in 1994. That, and the total lack of coverage of the 1994 attack on the Bill of Rights is why I quit reading Outdoor Life, Field and Stream, and Sports Afield. I had already quit subscribing to them in 1968 due to the similar lack of coverage of that attack on the Bill of Rights.
Today, I recommend only Fur-Fish-Game, as even the NRA magazines are too "lawyered".
Posted by: Phillep at February 26, 2007 11:34 AM (OareP)
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What do you expect from these "journalists". These are the same people who screamed cop-killer teflon bullet and got the black talon taken off the market. It's all anti-gun agenda.
Posted by: catseye at February 26, 2007 12:21 PM (X+AwP)
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Any decent 'elk-killing' round is a virtual 'cop-killer' if put to that purpose. You need serious body armor to shrug off a .300 WinMag. I'm not even sure you can do it without steel plates like the Hardcorps 3 worn by some riot cops. Actually I took a second to check, and even that is only good for .308/7.62 nato at 100+ yards. At 20 yards, your deer rifle is still a 'cop-killer' by the definitions the anti-gunners would like to use. Face it gang, They don't want hunters to have squat either. Stop all gun control before it even starts. USA, all the way!
Posted by: Michael Weaver at February 26, 2007 07:05 PM (2OHpj)
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Talk about opening ones mouth and sticking in ones foot this guy should have kept his piehole shut
Posted by: sandpiper at February 28, 2007 11:26 AM (4pkrX)
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