With all of the Zumbo news and threads that have sprung up in the last week or so, there has been a lot of anger and hostility voiced. Action was swift and decisive. The vast majority of the firearms and second amendment community quickly responded and banded together in almost record numbers, and the result was incredible. Sponsors dropped him like fifth period French. Corporate executives issued personal public statements attesting to the fact that they disagree with Zumbo. His TV show is now indefinitely pulled off of the air. His career as a writer in the firearms and hunting world has flat lined.
Those few people who are, or were, defending him, or for that matter, are calling for mercy or leniency are sighting the First Amendment. They are trying to convince us that as we defend our Second Amendment rights, we should not trample on Zumbo’s First Amendment right to speak his mind, or in this case to express his views in writing.
Many people, particularly outsiders, are amazed at how quickly and with the ferocity that we turned on “one of our own”. And now that a spat within our community has become national news, this question is being asked more frequently and louder than ever. Some have stated that we reacted this way because he was indeed one of our own. I read one article that the insult was “more painful because it had come form a trusted writer in the field”. That may have something to do with it, but I believe that there is more to it.
The definition of Fiduciary duty is:
A fiduciary duty is the highest standard of care imposed at either equity or law. A fiduciary is expected to be extremely loyal to the person to whom they owe the duty (the "principal"): they must not put their personal interests before the duty, and must not profit from their position as a fiduciary, unless the principal consents.
Zumbo either violated or, just flat out neglected his fiduciary duty to the Second Amendment. Zumbo does indeed have the right to say or write whatever he desires, no matter how much we disagree with him, but when he typed out that now infamous blog he was not Jim the man, he was Zumbo the hunting expert. He was Zumbo the gun expert. The fact that he is considered an expert in hunting and firearms means that when he is “Zumbo”, he must use a higher standard of care than when he is “Jim” having a beer with a buddy at the local watering hole. He failed to put our individual rights before his opinion, this I believe, was the reason for the “shock and awe” that rained down.
Those few people who are, or were, defending him, or for that matter, are calling for mercy or leniency are sighting the First Amendment. They are trying to convince us that as we defend our Second Amendment rights, we should not trample on Zumbo’s First Amendment right to speak his mind, or in this case to express his views in writing.
Many people, particularly outsiders, are amazed at how quickly and with the ferocity that we turned on “one of our own”. And now that a spat within our community has become national news, this question is being asked more frequently and louder than ever. Some have stated that we reacted this way because he was indeed one of our own. I read one article that the insult was “more painful because it had come form a trusted writer in the field”. That may have something to do with it, but I believe that there is more to it.
The definition of Fiduciary duty is:
A fiduciary duty is the highest standard of care imposed at either equity or law. A fiduciary is expected to be extremely loyal to the person to whom they owe the duty (the "principal"): they must not put their personal interests before the duty, and must not profit from their position as a fiduciary, unless the principal consents.
Zumbo either violated or, just flat out neglected his fiduciary duty to the Second Amendment. Zumbo does indeed have the right to say or write whatever he desires, no matter how much we disagree with him, but when he typed out that now infamous blog he was not Jim the man, he was Zumbo the hunting expert. He was Zumbo the gun expert. The fact that he is considered an expert in hunting and firearms means that when he is “Zumbo”, he must use a higher standard of care than when he is “Jim” having a beer with a buddy at the local watering hole. He failed to put our individual rights before his opinion, this I believe, was the reason for the “shock and awe” that rained down.
