As I write this, I'm hunting coyotes in southeastern Wyoming with Eddie Stevenson, PR Manager for Remington Arms, Greg Dennison, who is senior research engineer for Remington, and several writers. We're testing Remington's brand new .17 cal Spitfire bullet on coyotes.

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. Only once in my life have I ever seen anyone using one of these firearms.

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. (emphasis mine) They tell me that some companies are producing assault rifles that are "tackdrivers."

Sorry, folks, in my humble opinion, these things have no place in hunting. 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. We've always been proud of our "sporting firearms."

This really has me concerned. As hunters, we don't need the image of walking around the woods carrying one of these weapons. To most of the public, an assault rifle is a terrifying thing. (emphasis mine) Let's divorce ourselves from them. I say game departments should ban them from the praries (sic) and woods.   

Well, you might guess what the reaction was by the guys over at ARFCOM, a website where devotees of a certain Evil Black Rifle hang out. There are five or more threads, with some running close to 80 pages and 1000 responses of ARFCOM members raising all sorts of trouble. There's even a "Photochop" contest, where entrants are encouraged to "redirect their creative energies" (there's a Social-Progressive-schoolteacher saying for ya) into funny and biting photos of Our Fuddite Zumbo.

Here's my contribution:

I have railed on the Fuddites before - you know, in this post, for instance, but this guy deserves a special, separate post just for being the Fudd that he is. It looks like his oversize feet, which are now firmly ensconced in his oversize mouth, may be taking a walk (there's a mental image for you) when Tuesday comes, as the CEO of Remington, who sponsors this twit's blog, is likely to pull his support. Zumbo's own blog has now received in excess of 2700 angry, bitter, sarcastic, and dead-on responses. His apology, which seems "Clintonesque" at best, is more about his displeasure of getting caught shitting on the freedoms ALL members of the hunting and shooting community enjoy.

Thanks, Fuddite! Thanks for the black eye! Your buddies in the Democratic National Committee and over at the so-called "Violence Policy Center" are already taking your lead, and commenting positively about your colossally-stupid post. You know that stinging pain you feel right between your eyes?

That's what it feels like to be a "useful idiot."