Unfortunately, there are quite a few "Fudds" in Montana. Sad. They should know better. Sarah Brady is smiling.

Most of the Fudd gun writers are closing ranks in support of Zumbo on this. Heck, even Ted Nugent is trying to defend him. The ATAS writer crowd, OTOH, is not.

Rumor has it that Remington is going to be introducing their version of the AR-10 soon. They could do worse than putting Zumbo in an ad holding one of them and saying "Boy, have I ever learned my lesson! This Remington AR-10 kicks ASS!"

Funny enough, FUD has been around (as an acronym, if not an epithet) - fear uncertainty and doubt. Previously used by unscrupulous marketing types to spread rumors to disparage other companies products. Sounds like an accurate description of the "take my gun last" hunters who foolishly think their guns will be spared from the gun-grabbers.

The big problem seems to be that the 'Fudds' (named after Elmer Fudd of Bugs Bunny fame) still don't understand the problem. Whether or not a particular rifle is 'suitable for hunting' is irrelevant.

The Second Amendment is not about hunting.

Zumbo now understands that and hopefully he'll lead the rest of 'his people' into the light.

I read the Billings article and the comments, and the last commenter hit on a topic that I wish would be expanded - that Zumbo wasn't all that good for "hunting", regardless of his shooting/2nd credentials.

As the population becomes more and more sub- and urban, the hunting writers haven't made any real effort to try to bring those people into hunting; instead, they've become more and more insular. This insularity is routinely demonstrated by the articles published, lauding this outfitter or that private game reserve, and this $2500 custom rifle, etc. We've always had the "Orvis" fly-fisherman and the "Edddie Bauer" trophy hunter, but they've become the dominant species, at least as far as "outdoor" writers go. In essence, they're elitists, and it's very easy for them to mimic the anti-gun elitist element. At base, there's not a big difference between Diane Feinstein's "I've got *my* .357 -turn 'em in Mr and Mrs America" and Zumbo's "I've got my custom-stocked 700 - ban black guns from the woods", or from Ted Kennedy's "I've got my bodyguards - the rest of you don't need that" and Zumbo's "Let's not associate with guns that look bad - it's not cool". They all preceed from an elitist worldview that says "me and my friends are ok, but I don't trust the rest of the riff-raff."