“The 1st Amendment most certainly DOES allow you to cry “Fire” in a crowded theater,... IF THERE IS A FIRE”
C’mon, really? You didn’t feel a little bit stupid writing that? I’m sure you understood what I meant.
Do you think if George Zimmerman had been a little better trained he might have stopped and thought, “Maybe I shouldn’t be provoking a confrontation with this possible perp while I’m carrying”?
Not at all. People frequently use that example as justification for infringements of the Second Amendment. Since you failed to point out that the First Amendment seldom permits prior restraint, I pointed it out.
Now you can point out why you think the Second Amendment should be crowded with such prior restraints that I can't carry in my home state.
How many concealed carry permits were issued during the lifetimes of our Founders? I'm not aware of any such nonsense.
What exactly are the limits that a person carrying concealed must recognize? Are you suggesting that an unarmed neighborhood watchman must not keep a suspicious person in sight? Or that an armed watchman must give up his rights?
What about the training for Trayvon? Why not institute training for those who go unarmed that they must not treat surveillance as an attack; that a neighborhood watchman has a right to observe people in his neighborhood; and that a watchman may be armed and prepared to defend himself if attacked?
Suppose that Zimmerman had actually been "Detective Zimmerman", a plain-clothes law enforcement officer moon-lighting as security for the gated community.
Would Detective Zimmerman have hesitated to approach the suspicious person? How would the incident have played out differently?