Madison, North Carolina – As a result of comments made by Mr. Jim Zumbo in recent postings on his blog site, Remington Arms Company, Inc., has severed all sponsorship ties with Mr. Zumbo effective immediately. While Mr. Zumbo is entitled to his opinions and has the constitutional right to freely express those options, these comments are solely his, and do not reflect the views of Remington.
“Remington has spent tens of millions of dollars defending our Second Amendment rights to privately own and possess firearms and we will continue to vigorously fight to protect these rights,” commented Tommy Millner, Remington’s CEO and President. “As hunters and shooters of all interest levels, we should strive to utilize this unfortunate occurrence to unite as a whole in support of our Second Amendment rights.”
We regret having to terminate our long-standing relationship with Mr. Zumbo, who is a well-respected writer and life-long hunter.
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Kudos to Remington!
ReplyDeleteLooks like Outdoor Life has decided to dump him. For the time being.
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This whole incident kind of reminds me of the drunk Mel Gibson affair.
ReplyDelete1. Zumbo ranted against what he thought was a minority, as did Mel.
2. Zumbo apologized, blaming it on his frame of mind at the time, as did Mel.
3. Zumbo is off to rehab (a hunt with Ted), as did Mel.
4. All is forgiven...
Oh wait, that worked for Mel, but Jim is toast. Losing sponsors, free gear, free hunts, basically his entire lifestyle.
I guess firearm enthusiast can be a bit more adamant than movie fans, and those in the firearm industry have a bit more moral fortitude than those in the movie industry. But we knew that already...