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Bloggers Blast Outdoor Magazine For Firing Jim Zumbo After He Said Assault Rifles Have No Place In Hunting

[the_quietman]

The man made a mistake. He was wrong and has admitted his error. I can understand what he meant since an Assault Rifle is a fully automatic military weapon and illegal to privately own without an appropriate FFL. People who don't understand the difference between an Assault Rifle and a semi-auto that looks like one understandably took offense at his comment. I am a rifle owner and Viet Nam veteran and do not take offense to his statement as I believe he intended it to be taken. Give him a break.

[alleyoop73]

Zumbo's First Amendment rights are still secure. He had the right to say what he wanted, he exercised that right, and he retains that right today. He can say whatever he wants. It's just that his former customers (us) and his former employers (Outdoor Life, Remington) no longer are listening to what he has to say. CBS also has the right to say what it wants, and spin stories any way it wants. That's why it's former customers are all watching Fox News.

[tulcak]

What gun zombies forget is that it is not guns that protect our constitution - its our system of government that does. The checks and balances and our representative process (voting) is what protects our constitution and our freedom. Without this, no number of weapons could protect us. Our government and our country would fall apart if it was weapons we relied on to protect our constitution and our freedom.

[tulcak]

Assault weapons ARE terrorists weapons. How many deer do you need to wipe out at once? Everytime someone speaks the truth (whether it be on gun control or global warming) the right (republicans) go ballistic. They want the right to destroy everything in their path (people and our environment) and damned be anyone who tries to restrict their wide open throttle to destruction.

[seamusjohnso]

paulyn44

Dont feel bad for Dumbo. Because of his non-sense we have to discuss this on a national media blog. CBS, NBC, & ABC are not at all educated on firearms and will attempt (as they are doing now) to use it as "ammo" against the 2nd Amendment.

People our Constitution is worth protecting, every bit of it. You may not like all of it, but its what we have and what we were born with.

These are rights secured by your fathers and their fathers before them on foreign and domestic battlefields.

THESE ARE YOUR BIRTH RIGHTS.

[chipper777]

All said and done, I feel bad for Jim Zumbo that he lost his job. However, for a professional that has been writing columns for magazines for so many years, he must have had certain warnings throughout his career, that told him what was permitted to say and not invited to say in his professional opinions, or his job would be gone. Ask him and see if he knew what was expected of him and if he went against the desires of corporation which fed him. If he willfully made a choice knowing it was not in the magazines best of interest, then he was ready to retire anyway.

[chipper777]

Come to think about it, I repent! Maybe perhaps if we look at things with a different light, we could say that a bow hunter has the best sport. Think of the hunter as a acupunturist who is only trying to hit all of the right pressure points on an animal, to relieve all of the muscle aches and pains, from running around in the woods all day trying to avoid other animals or traps or to avoid noisy guns. Now if you have a croww bow you can make one of those cute creatures of the forest look like a pin cushion and can see that the aches and pains will all soon be gone. Ever wonder about why some people would ever dream to have 6 inch needles placed all over their body and say it feels good? Yikes!!!

[kenhamlett]

From the constitutional perspective the second amendment is in place to protect the entire Constitution. That includes the first amendment even if it is when he points out that low powered, low accuracy rifles are not the best choice for hunting.
From a practical perspective we don't really know what he meant since "assault style rifles" mean different thing to different people. Some think an SKS qualifies and others think only full auto qualifies.
If one must lambast the journalist please do so on the grounds of imprecise terminology. However he still has the right to say it.

[chipper777]

If I had my way, everyone in USA would have to go through a hunter safety course and I mean everyone over age 16. Under FEMA law made in 1962 and 1963 every person in the USA belongs to the government and they have the total right to move you remove you or your stuff no matter what it is or how much it costs for all purposes of extreme emergencies and disasters and war. Canada and England train their people and have very high reservist people also to help protect their country. We should do same. Usually its the people that do not follow laws of the land that create problems, not others that try to protect themselves or communities or to hunt with valid permits where needed. I'm not sure how sporty it is to hunt with a auto tool, but everyone have their own dreams they choose to fulfill in this short lifetime. Lets make sure those people and all people get trained for safety first, so the rest of us can sleep at night.

[vafrommn]

BJR361,

"If the NRA had its way, we would all be walking around with guns strapped to our hips a la OK Corral days."

An interesting quote, but here in the State of Virginia, citizens are lawfully entitled to do exactly that. Any state resident may carry a weapon in full view, say, in a holster on his hip, laying on the seat of his car in full view, etc.

You only need a license if you want to carry it concealed. I guess that means the streets should be covered in blood, huh? Sorry to disappoint you.