Green Lantern
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Just something I was thinking about today. Looking back at the massive impact we had when we concentrated on Mr. Zumbo for his..."unjudicicous" comments about black rifles...
Well...why can't we do the same thing with other antis*?
*Nothing against Mr. Z currently, as he seems to have "repented..."
But one thinks that if we collectively could get him sacked almost overnight...we could do other things.
But, maybe not? Here are the facts as I see them in the Zumbo affair:
It happened VERY quickly. In fact, I can't claim any credit for Zumbo's fall from grace. I didn't jump right on things, and it was all over with before I could collect my thoughts and put MY $0.02 in....
Not EVERY gun-owner was "on board" with it...Then and now, not everyone in the firearms community agrees with how Zumbo was treated. Though it would seem that the majority feel as I do: You're entitled to your opinion, but when that opinion wrongly condemns and damns a group of people...expect to face consequences.
Ultimately what I feel may have had the most to do with it: It was "gun-related" businesses that employed Zumbo and thus sacked him. Could that have been why it was done, and done fast? Do gun-related businesses have more respect for people from the "gun culture" as a whole?
After all - there are plenty of hunting magazines and plenty of gun/ammo makers out there...
But so to, are there plenty of insert providers of product/service provided by "antis" as well... Hmm, hmm, and hmm.
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I guess there are plenty of examples out there of people/companies out there that NEED "Zumboing" but for whatever reason, we haven't been able to get results. The bit where Pepsi honored a noted anti-gun activist on the back of their Doritos bags comes to mind. For that matter, I guess I could just search for "Zumbo" for more if needed...
Whether or not you agree with it, you can't argue that the ouster of one Jim Zumbo was one of the finest examples of what us "gun people" can DO when we work together on one goal.
And regardless of Heller, Castle Doctrine, CCW, et cetera...for us to protect our right to keep and bear arms, I feel strongly that this is something we need to be able to do AGAIN when needed. So, I feel it would behoove us to know exactly how!
Well...why can't we do the same thing with other antis*?
*Nothing against Mr. Z currently, as he seems to have "repented..."
But one thinks that if we collectively could get him sacked almost overnight...we could do other things.
But, maybe not? Here are the facts as I see them in the Zumbo affair:
It happened VERY quickly. In fact, I can't claim any credit for Zumbo's fall from grace. I didn't jump right on things, and it was all over with before I could collect my thoughts and put MY $0.02 in....
Not EVERY gun-owner was "on board" with it...Then and now, not everyone in the firearms community agrees with how Zumbo was treated. Though it would seem that the majority feel as I do: You're entitled to your opinion, but when that opinion wrongly condemns and damns a group of people...expect to face consequences.
Ultimately what I feel may have had the most to do with it: It was "gun-related" businesses that employed Zumbo and thus sacked him. Could that have been why it was done, and done fast? Do gun-related businesses have more respect for people from the "gun culture" as a whole?
After all - there are plenty of hunting magazines and plenty of gun/ammo makers out there...
But so to, are there plenty of insert providers of product/service provided by "antis" as well... Hmm, hmm, and hmm.
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I guess there are plenty of examples out there of people/companies out there that NEED "Zumboing" but for whatever reason, we haven't been able to get results. The bit where Pepsi honored a noted anti-gun activist on the back of their Doritos bags comes to mind. For that matter, I guess I could just search for "Zumbo" for more if needed...
Whether or not you agree with it, you can't argue that the ouster of one Jim Zumbo was one of the finest examples of what us "gun people" can DO when we work together on one goal.
And regardless of Heller, Castle Doctrine, CCW, et cetera...for us to protect our right to keep and bear arms, I feel strongly that this is something we need to be able to do AGAIN when needed. So, I feel it would behoove us to know exactly how!