Hi Guys and Gals,
Ray Schoenke and the AHSA are at it again, article in today's Seattle Times trashing the NRA and blaming them for the Zumbo deal. Here's the link:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2003626251_rayschoenke20.html
Now - I drafted a quick reqponse to the article, but it would be much better if it were submitted to the Times by a local shooter. You need to submit your full name, address, and phone number with the response for verification purposes, and the response must be under 200 words (it's 196, so we're good there). Here's the text of the response I drafted:
Ex-Jock “Posing” as Sportsman
Ray Schoenke’s article “Real Hunters and Shooter Need to Stand up to the NRA” was laughable if not for the merit many people give the words of former athletes, in areas where their hubris exceeds their knowledge.
Schoenke’s lack of research causes him to attribute what happened to Jim Zumbo as being “professionally assassinated by NRA hysteria.” If he had researched the issue, he would have discovered that the NRA had nothing to do with the avalanche of protests to Zumbo’s blog – this was a grass-roots response by shooters who objected to being compared to terrorists, simply for owning a style of firearm that Mr. Zumbo didn’t prefer.
Schoenke should realize the Internet has crushed the information gap, and current events and news items can be captured and disseminated real-time. In the 1970s and 1980s, people might have bought into his hyperbole and supposed stance as a devout sportsman and supporter of the 2nd Amendment. However, in the Internet era, we see him for what he is – the figurehead of an organization that claims to support hunting and shooting, yet whose leadership is full of names that have served prominent anti-gun groups.
Will someone rspond to them ASAP so we can discredit this moron and show him for what he really stands for?
Thanks,
Michael
Ray Schoenke and the AHSA are at it again, article in today's Seattle Times trashing the NRA and blaming them for the Zumbo deal. Here's the link:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2003626251_rayschoenke20.html
Now - I drafted a quick reqponse to the article, but it would be much better if it were submitted to the Times by a local shooter. You need to submit your full name, address, and phone number with the response for verification purposes, and the response must be under 200 words (it's 196, so we're good there). Here's the text of the response I drafted:
Ex-Jock “Posing” as Sportsman
Ray Schoenke’s article “Real Hunters and Shooter Need to Stand up to the NRA” was laughable if not for the merit many people give the words of former athletes, in areas where their hubris exceeds their knowledge.
Schoenke’s lack of research causes him to attribute what happened to Jim Zumbo as being “professionally assassinated by NRA hysteria.” If he had researched the issue, he would have discovered that the NRA had nothing to do with the avalanche of protests to Zumbo’s blog – this was a grass-roots response by shooters who objected to being compared to terrorists, simply for owning a style of firearm that Mr. Zumbo didn’t prefer.
Schoenke should realize the Internet has crushed the information gap, and current events and news items can be captured and disseminated real-time. In the 1970s and 1980s, people might have bought into his hyperbole and supposed stance as a devout sportsman and supporter of the 2nd Amendment. However, in the Internet era, we see him for what he is – the figurehead of an organization that claims to support hunting and shooting, yet whose leadership is full of names that have served prominent anti-gun groups.
Will someone rspond to them ASAP so we can discredit this moron and show him for what he really stands for?
Thanks,
Michael
