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A blast from the past.. ZUMBO

kyplumber
http://www.jimzumbo.com/


quote:On February 16, I wrote a blog about assault rifles on Outdoor Life magazine's website, and caused an immediate controversy among America's gun owners. I apologized several times, but was quickly terminated as Outdoor Life's Hunting Editor. I had been with the magazine full-time for 29 years. Most of my TV sponsors likewise severed their relationships with me, as did a number of organizations. Without sponsors, my TV show was suspended for an indefinite period. Several hundred newspapers across the country carried an article in the Washington Post, or ran their own editorial versions, as did the NY Times. U.S. Senator Carl Levin used some of my remarks to further his anti-gun platform, placing them in the Congressional Record.


Like we didn't know that would happen. ps: carl levin is a knob slobber...
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  • elkoholic
    He earned every bit of it.
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  • Rockatansky
    What did he write?
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  • Locust Fork
    Wasn't it making ref. to people not needing assault rifles?
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  • Rockatansky
    Found it:

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    I must be living in a vacuum. The guides on our hunt tell me that the use of AR and AK rifles have a rapidly growing following among hunters, especially prairie dog hunters. I had no clue. Only once in my life have I ever seen anyone using one of these firearms.

    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've always been comfortable with the statement that hunters don't use assault rifles. We've always been proud of our "sporting firearms."

    This really has me concerned. As hunters, we don't need the image of walking around the woods carrying one of these weapons. To most of the public, an assault rifle is a terrifying thing. Let's divorce ourselves from them. I say game departments should ban them from the prairies and woods.
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  • dheffley
    He got what he had coming. I don't feel sorry for him.
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  • HandgunHTR52
    quote:Originally posted by dheffley
    He got what he had coming. I don't feel sorry for him.


    +1

    Such is the price of having a large voice. It comes with a large mouth that accepts a very large foot.
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