Initially I cannot throw rocks at this guy, but he does illustrate the fact that the media and race pimps are dog-piling on this because of the newsworthy nature of the story...
The friend has his moments where he doesn’t totally get what is going on, but for the most part he hits some very good points...
If I was a friend of a guy like Zimmerman, I would have told him, yep, you screwed up, but I’m still your friend...
Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson Jr., The new black panthers can all go to hell in a handbasket as far as I am concerned...
Zimmerman will have to deal with his decision for the rest of his life, and that is something a lot of people who do carry a firearm for defensive purposes do not consider when you pull that trigger in that capacity...
It has never been a license to kill, and anyone who does not agree with that, well, stay away from me...
It is a license that ths state gives you, and dispite the Constitutionality of these programs, the States must be respected in governing them as they see fit...The people in those states are free to comply and carry, or do so under some risk for doing it without...I’m not arguing an already well discussed issue, and I obey the laws of this state (and learn about the others so I can carry under reciprocity agreements) to carry a firearm for lawful self-defensive purposes...
One of the things I do stress to folks I know, is that the responsibility of carrying a firearm under these provisions is obvious...What some people miss, is that you absolutely must be accountable for your actions...There is no substituting that aspect...
Zimmerman is living that right now...Right or wrong, justified or not, I believe he acted above and beyond the provisions of the state, and he should be reprimanded for it...
A CCW is not a license or commission to enforce the laws of a state...You do not call yourself a nieghborhood watch captain, and go out looking for trouble, much less follow potential trouoble and believe your gun you carry is going to be the ace in the hole card you can play...
I believe legally, he (Zimmerman) could be easily be determined to have acted outside of the laws, because a “stand your ground” provision does not say you can go out looking for trouble, and when you do find it, you can shoot it...
The bad part it it cost someone a life...Put yourself even in the most optimal position, and say you have just taken a life???
In most cases, I would probably feel pretty good about it because trouble would have to find me, my friends or family, I can deal with that rather easily...But once you go out thinking you are something you are not, and you do the same thing in response to that threat...I would not want to be in that persons shoes at all...
I am really interested to see how this all pans out, because Zimmermans’ friend does make some sense about how this is being exploited in the media...And those pimping the masses are doping so, not for the kid who was killed, but for their own edification...
Just my opinion...
Of course, it is very likely that if he was not carrying his self defense weapon, he would be dead.