If anyone here owns "scary looking assault rifles" I am sure they have been heckled for it. It's long been known that some hunters or shooters don't care for them, and probably wouldn't care when they are banned. They're duped into thinking the anti's are serious when they say they don't want to ban their guns.
Sometimes though, you see this prejudice in a place you really wouldn't expect it. Influential people in the gun lobby media. People who claim they support gun rights.
According to Jim Zumbo, if you own or use an AR-15, you're a terrorist...and he's dismayed that people hunt with them.
http://outdoorlife.blogs.com/zumbo/2007/02/assault_rifles_.html
Here's the highlights:
"I'll go so far as to call them "terrorist" rifles. They tell me some companies are producing assault rifles that are tackdrivers."
Um, Jim...Maybe before you compare thousands and thousands of North American shooters to jihadis, you should actually SHOOT ONE. The AR-15 platform is very commonly sub MOA capable. And if someone wants to shoot varmints with them, why shouldn't he?
Because it would offend people!
"As hunters we don't need the image of walking around the woods carrying one of these weapons."
"I say game departments should ban them from the praries and woods"
Let me break it down for you, Jim.
You're an anti.
If a person is legally able to buy one, take it where he wishes, and shoot whatever he likes with it, who are you to call for bans on anything?
Jim has since apologized, which you can see here, but the damage has already been done. Much like you can't call a round back down the barrel, no matter how much you wish you hadn't fired it, I suppose you can't call words back down your mouth either.
http://outdoorlife.blogs.com/zumbo/2007/02/i_was_wrong_big.html
His apology...too little, too late.
UPDATE:
Well what do you know...the Brady campaign has already started using that article in their fight against gun rights. It's been posted on their myspace account.
Good work, Jim.
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I believe that mr JimBO made a big mistake. Things like forums and Blogs are public and many people are reading what u say. Expecialy if you are respected as Jim once was.
You're definately right, Thunder. It's also kinda scary that his opinions are shared by other shooters.
Even famous people have a right to rant too, but when you actually call for a ban on something, its gone too far.
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