Bill Cosby's opinion on guns in Trayvon Martin case shows hypocrisy of elites

Gun Rights Examiner ^ | 9 April, 2012 | David Codrea

[marktwain]

“When you carry a gun, you mean to harm somebody, kill somebody,” Bill Cosby claimed in a Friday interview with Deborah Simmons of The Washington Times.

“We’ve got to get the gun out of the hands of people who are supposed to be on neighborhood watch,” the comedian, actor and commentator advocated in his first public comments on the Trayvon Martin shooting.

“Without a gun, I don’t see Mr. Zimmerman approaching Trayvon by himself,” he declared.

Celebrity status and the ability to have his views shared with millions notwithstanding, there are more than a few problems with that opinion. First, being careful not to fall in with the rush to judgment Cosby seems caught up by, credible reports say it was Martin who approached Zimmerman “by himself”—and “without a gun.”

Then there are the reports that Cosby himself had obtained one of New York City’s rare, reserved for the rich, famous, powerful and connected concealed gun permits, joining other celebrities like Robert DeNiro, Howard Stern and Donald Trump. Assuming the accounts in the New York Observer and Boston Globe were accurate, has he since renounced the personal practice? And when he did carry a gun, did he “mean to harm somebody, kill somebody”?

Did doing so compel him to approach potential threats “by himself”?

[Scoutmaster]

I need to apologize for my last comment. If the 911 dispatcher was a police 911 dispatcher, then you’re justified in calling him the police. I apologize.

[MtBaldy]

“I need to apologize for my last comment. If the 911 dispatcher was a police 911 dispatcher, then you’re justified in calling him the police. I apologize”

Actually you don’t need to apologize. Zimmerman spoke to a Police Dept. civilian EMPLOYEE. An employee that was not a sworn police officer and has no more authority than I do to tell anyone to do anything. Something the dispatcher apparently knew too. His comment was phrased as a suggestion, “We don’t need you to do that”, because suggests is all he could do. Besides the fact Zimmerman was not ordered to do anything the tape makes it pretty clear he heeded the dispatcher’s advice when he replied, “Ok”.