Jim Zumbo's anti-gun blog

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What is clearly being demonstrated here in the posts, is the reason the anti-firearms groups are winning the battle. Slowly but surely they are cornering the firearms groups by using a shotgun approach. They are banking on the fact that people will splinter and try to save their own ass.......or interest group.

Lead bans, international small arms initiatives, domestic ammunition restrictions, assault weapons, terrorist weapons, Saturday night specials, sniper rifles...............one well thought out and very negative cliche after another, national and international bills, symposiums and agreements. Make no mistake, they are winning the war.

Now I know there are a bunch of you rearing up and getting ready to say, hah!!!.......you are from Canada and look what you bunch of wimps let your government ram down your throats. The fact is our firearms communities lobbied long and hard, but it did not save us. Firearms owners here continue to fight and we have made some small gains, but they are the gains that in the great scheme of things are kinda like throwing the dog a bone. It makes us feel good, but really isn't any kind of decisive victory and the overall picture is still a slow downward spiral into the anti-firearms pit.

Remember first that we did not have the 2nd Ammendment to wave like a flag, that RIGHT is not enshrined here, nor is it in most countries in the world. That alone will not save you now and from a foreignors perspective it has allowed most of your shooting population to lull itself into complacency, feeling safe in the knowledge that the right is enshrined in your constitution.

Complacency is why only a very small percentage of the US shooting population actually belongs to the NRA.......believe me I am not picking on you, it is the same everywhere. We are all being systematically chipped away at and they are winning. Slowly but surely.

Unfortunately the campaign for small-arms control and disarmament is a global one. They are attacking from all sides and they are relatively sure of victory in the long haul because the population base keeps growing and is predominantly urban and the firearms users are steadily becoming a smaller and smaller percentage of the overall population.

Jim Zumbo's recent comments, which have been flogged to death, should be a wake up call for all shooters and hunters. When an internationally recognized hunting/firearms writer, who grew up with the 2nd Ammendment rights, could actually make those comments on the internet, we are collectively in serious trouble. It is an indication of where the fight is at and it ain't pretty..........