And Surfaces Stinking As Badly As He
Zumbo's Criticism of Hunters Who Use Assault Rifles Brings Unforgiving Response From U.S. Gun Culture
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, February 24, 2007; Page A03
SEATTLE -- "Modern hunters rarely become more famous than Jim Zumbo. A mustachioed, barrel-chested outdoors entrepreneur who lives in a log cabin near Yellowstone National Park, he has spent much of his life writing for prominent outdoors magazines, delivering lectures across the country and starring in cable TV shows about big-game hunting in the West.
Zumbo's fame, however, has turned to black-bordered infamy within America's gun culture -- and his multimedia success has come undone. 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.
His top-rated weekly TV program on the Outdoor Channel, his longtime career with Outdoor Life magazine and his corporate ties to the biggest names in gunmaking, including Remington Arms Co., have been terminated or are on the ropes.
The NRA on Thursday pointed to the collapse of Zumbo's career as an example of what can happen to anyone, including a "fellow gun owner," who challenges the right of Americans to own or hunt with assault-style firearms.
Some outdoors writers drew a different lesson from Zumbo's horrible week.
"This shows the zealousness of gun owners to the point of actual foolishness," said Pat Wray, a freelance outdoors writer in Corvallis, Ore., and author of "A Chukar Hunter's Companion."
Wray said that what happened to Zumbo is a case study in how the NRA has trained members to attack their perceived enemies without mercy..."
Now, the least of ALL peoples I'd expect to "get-it" TM, would be those associated with the Washington Post. Trotting out yet another tired old has-been never-was'er named after the gal that Kong took to dinner without knowing that "outdoor writer" is precisely the sort of chap/professional we are railing against is typical of both shoddy journalism and socialist anti-gun leanings.
Did I say leanings? Hell, if that tower in Pisa should bend half as much it would have fallen long ago. In life, if you are not an expert you listen to one. I'm a pro at spotting full frontal bullshit a mile away and little else, but pay as much attention as possible to the people responsible for our way of life.
They were named Madison, and Jefferson, and Washington, and Adams, and wrote it all down quite clearly. If Fay Wray wants to sidle with Zumbo then more power to her. This is, after all, her right to choose. But leave the Constitution alone, thank you very much.
And not for nothing, but Jim Zumbo was far from famous, and it took the NRA almost as long as the Washington Post to figure out what was happening, so we didn't go dancing to ANYONE'S tune. This started at the grassroot level and exploded from there.
WE run the NRA, not the other way around, and if the NRA itself doesn't understand this then THEY are toast, too.
Unforgiving? Bet your sweet ass we are. When a man makes the biggest mistake of his professional life then doesn't have the guts to even own up to it, he's history. I for one would wish to see this continue right up until oh, say the elections of 2008 where RodHam and her VP Hussein are put in the spotlight as well. Takes an awful lot to rile us but heaven help you if you do.
More can be found at War On Guns, and Lemuel Calhoon's web log, and by this time of day probably half of the patriots around are mentioning it.
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