{"id":73515,"date":"2017-05-09T11:45:21","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T15:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=73515"},"modified":"2017-05-09T11:45:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T22:33:25","slug":"editor-bearing-arms-passes-away-rip-bob-owens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/editor-bearing-arms-passes-away-rip-bob-owens\/","title":{"rendered":"Editor of Bearing Arms Passes Away: RIP Bob Owens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_73516\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/13934684_10154154027041117_4894120228659977667_n-300x300.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"editor-bearing-arms-passes-away-rip-bob-owens\" title=\"Editor of Bearing Arms Passes Away: RIP Bob Owens\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73516\" title=\"Editor of Bearing Arms Passes Away: RIP Bob Owens\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-73516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/13934684_10154154027041117_4894120228659977667_n-300x300-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Editor of Bearing Arms Passes Away: RIP Bob Owens\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/13934684_10154154027041117_4894120228659977667_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/13934684_10154154027041117_4894120228659977667_n-300x300-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-73516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RIP Bob Owens (<em>Photo: Bearing Arms)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The gun community lost a friend, an advocate and all-around good person this week. Bob Owens, the editor of Bearing Arms, apparently committed suicide.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities for the Fuquay-Varina Police Department found Owens around 11 a.m. on Monday near a stop sign outside his subdivision in North Carolina, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-nation\/wp\/2017\/05\/09\/bearing-arms-editor-bob-owens-dead-from-apparent-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound\/?utm_term=.a02eed1a46bb\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"editor-bearing-arms-passes-away-rip-bob-owens\" title=\"Editor of Bearing Arms Passes Away: RIP Bob Owens\">The Washington Post reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A firearm was also found at the scene. Police said that the gunshot wound was \u201cpossibly\u2026 self-inflicted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before the alleged shooting, Owens wrote a message on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bob.owens.372?fref=nf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"editor-bearing-arms-passes-away-rip-bob-owens\" title=\"Editor of Bearing Arms Passes Away: RIP Bob Owens\">Facebook<\/a>, \u201cIn the end, it turns out that I&#8217;m not strong. I&#8217;m a coward, and a selfish son of a bitch. I&#8217;m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Owens is survived by his wife, Christine Zamzow Owens, and two daughters ages 9 and 17. \u00a0In a response to her husband&#8217;s Facebook Post, Christine wrote, \u201cYou were nothing but a wonderful husband, loving father and giving friend. You always did what you thought was right even though it was not the popular thing to do. You were never a coward, or selfish, just hurting. I love you baby, you were my world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Co-editor of Bearing Arms Jenn Jacques posted the following statement on twitter:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I apologize, but this is all I have to say at this time. Please keep his family in your prayers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a2rNJcrCXQ\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"editor-bearing-arms-passes-away-rip-bob-owens\" title=\"Editor of Bearing Arms Passes Away: RIP Bob Owens\">pic.twitter.com\/a2rNJcrCXQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jenn Jacques (@JennJacques) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JennJacques\/status\/861773342621257728\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"editor-bearing-arms-passes-away-rip-bob-owens\" title=\"Editor of Bearing Arms Passes Away: RIP Bob Owens\">May 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jacques also posted a heart-rending message on Bearing Arms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is with deep regret and profound sorrow that I must share with you the following: Yesterday morning, just before 11 a.m., Bob Owens\u2019 life came to a tragic end,&#8221; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We did not make an announcement on Bearing Arms because it was more important to us to give the family a day to grieve than to break the story and get clicks. But so help me God, I\u2019ve sat here trying, and still cannot bring myself to report this particular story,&#8221; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the end, all that matters is he that will be sorely missed, and the truth is that we will never know what truly happened,&#8221; wrote Jacques.<\/p>\n<p>Owens was a seasoned trainer, a certified instructor and a major\u00a0voice for the pro-gun cause. \u00a0He was 46 years old.<\/p>\n<p>The Owens family has set up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/the-bob-owens-memorial-family-fund\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"editor-bearing-arms-passes-away-rip-bob-owens\" title=\"Editor of Bearing Arms Passes Away: RIP Bob Owens\">GoFundMe <\/a>page if you wish to offer them financial support. \u00a0RIP Bob Owens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gun community lost a friend, an advocate and all-around good person this week. 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