I don't mind hearing or reading a sincere apology and then letting that person go with a "don't do that again" kind of thing. You know the type, the "I voted for it before I voted against it" kind. NOT!
But in this instance, his criticism of AR-style guns and others chaffs my butt more than the dry cold weather we've been having.
I'm tired of the worn out mis-labeling of these types of guns and their users.
His comments smack of the like of the Brady Campaign and other groups. He may retract his statements but I believe he still feels the same way as his blog states.
"I must be living in a vacuum. The guides on our hunt tell me that the use of AR and AK rifles have a rapidly growing following among hunters, especially prairie dog hunters. I had no clue."
Obviously...
"I call them "assault" rifles, which may upset some people. Excuse me, maybe I'm a traditionalist, but I see no place for these weapons among our hunting fraternity. I'll go so far as to call them "terrorist" rifles."
He had that right, it upsets me. I guess those beautiful black lines must scare him.
He shows a lack of education on this topic as he mis-labels any military-styled arm as an assault weapon. Someone in his position should know better after the fiasco of the assult weapon ban.
"This really has me concerned. As hunters, we don't need the image of walking around the woods carrying one of these weapons."
What image? Once again he demonizes a fellow group of shooters. Heck, an M1 Garand would make an excellent deer/bear rifle in the woods here in Pa
"To most of the public, an assault rifle is a terrifying thing. Let's divorce ourselves from them. I say game departments should ban them from the praries and woods."
And the best way to make the public understand, is thru proper education and portrayal of the firearm. Something the politicians, ant-gun lobby and COMPLICIT MEDIA have failed to do.
"Sorry, folks, in my humble opinion, these things have no place in hunting."
First, who in the hail do you think are you to spout something like that?
We don't need to be lumped into the group of people who terrorize the world with them, which is an obvious concern. I've always been comfortable with the statement that hunters don't use assault rifles."
That is a pretty ridiculous argument for him to try and validate his viewpoint with. Hope he feels comfortable with the loss of revenue because he attacked his "family" with dumbass comments. I've got to wonder if because he hasn't been on the web for a long time that he didn't realize how this would turn out.
I'm surprised he didn't mention how semi-shooters "spray the woods with gunfire" or how that deer died "in a hail of bullets.
