The Trayvon Martin Clusterf*ck

[Kea]

Another Q. Could it have happened like this: TM's girlfriend provided the testosterone push, incited TM to get aggressive, and like an excitable young man with he went back to have a confrontation with GZ?
The above is conjecture, and is not concerned with racial issues at all, only the emotions of a young man complaining to his GF that he had been followed.

Apologies if any facts are slightly wrong, I have not been following this very closely.

[Homey]

I always get a good laugh out of the old 'carrying a loaded gun for no reason and no intention of ever using it' argument.

I could carry around a vacuum cleaner with me, but I don't. I have no intention of USING a vacuum cleaner so why would I ever carry one around?

Same is true for guns. People carry guns for a reason. It was no accident that Zimmerman just happened to have a gun ready. How convenient.

[JMcNeill]

I always get a good laugh out of the old 'carrying a loaded gun for no reason and no intention of ever using it' argument.

I could carry around a vacuum cleaner with me, but I don't. I have no intention of USING a vacuum cleaner so why would I ever carry one around?

Same is true for guns. People carry guns for a reason. It was no accident that Zimmerman just happened to have a gun ready. How convenient.

Complete bullshit. I always make sure that I have my wallet with me and cash in my pocket whenever I leave the house, even though I may not have any plans to spend any money. It is called being prepared for unanticipated things. I don't own a gun, but I can see why the head of a neighborhood watch group, in a neighborhood where there have been break-ins, might carry a gun, that he is legally allowed to carry, just in case.

[bohica]

Kind of going off on a tangent here, but so much for being a gated community eh? Isn't the reason rich people barricade themselves inside gated communities like the one Zimmerman lives in is to feel secure and keep out the riff raffs that is the 99%? And we find out that crimes occur just as frequently inside those walls and people doing neighborhood watch want to carry guns fo their safety. I guess not only do those gates not keep people out, but 1. you advertise that you're rich because you live there, and 2. crimes are less likely to be witnessed because there's far less pedestrian and passerby in your little paradise.

[Homey]

I always get a good laugh out of the old 'carrying a loaded gun for no reason and no intention of ever using it' argument.

I could carry around a vacuum cleaner with me, but I don't. I have no intention of USING a vacuum cleaner so why would I ever carry one around?

Same is true for guns. People carry guns for a reason. It was no accident that Zimmerman just happened to have a gun ready. How convenient.

Complete bullshit. I always make sure that I have my wallet with me and cash in my pocket whenever I leave the house, even though I may not have any plans to spend any money. It is called being prepared for unanticipated things. I don't own a gun, but I can see why the head of a neighborhood watch group, in a neighborhood where there have been break-ins, might carry a gun, that he is legally allowed to carry, just in case.

Good try. We all wish we never spent any money. You WILL spend money. Period, end of story. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not for months if your lucky, but you will spend money. The only reason for carrying a gun is if you have the intention of using it, otherwise leave it at home and fondle it when you get home. You don't carry something with you that you have no intention of ever using.

[Mick]

Good try. We all wish we never spent any money. You WILL spend money. Period, end of story. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not for months if your lucky, but you will spend money. The only reason for carrying a gun is if you have the intention of using it, otherwise leave it at home and fondle it when you get home. You don't carry something with you that you have no intention of ever using.

There was a guy doing a AMA (ask me anything) on Reddit a while back, he had shot 2 guys and killed one. Basically he was walking home late and a a gang approached him and his girlfriend with baseball bats and were saying they were going to rape his girlfriend. When one took a swing at him with a baseball bat he pulled his gun and shot him in the chest killing him instantly, another he shot and injured, the others fled. No charges were ever filed against him.

He had said, he carried the gun loaded and with safety off with the full intention of using it if he had to, as he said, there is no point carrying a gun unless you are prepared to use it. But that's not the same as he wanted to use it, or looked for a situation where he could use it, or even provoked a situation where it was necessary and on this occasion, would you think he would have been better off not carrying a gun?

I understand peoples views on guns, I am against them, but that is the law where Zimmerman lives, he was not breaking any law by carrying a gun.

[rodeo]

I guess that means Martin wanted to be a diabetic.

[headhonchoII]

I always get a good laugh out of the old 'carrying a loaded gun for no reason and no intention of ever using it' argument.

I could carry around a vacuum cleaner with me, but I don't. I have no intention of USING a vacuum cleaner so why would I ever carry one around?

Same is true for guns. People carry guns for a reason. It was no accident that Zimmerman just happened to have a gun ready. How convenient.

Complete bullshit. I always make sure that I have my wallet with me and cash in my pocket whenever I leave the house, even though I may not have any plans to spend any money. It is called being prepared for unanticipated things. I don't own a gun, but I can see why the head of a neighborhood watch group, in a neighborhood where there have been break-ins, might carry a gun, that he is legally allowed to carry, just in case.

Doesn't seem very safe to me people walking around with guns in a neighborhood essentially doing the police's job. I don't think I would like my kids to be in their proximity.

Let me ask you a question? Would you be happy if your own kids were in his proximity? Maybe kids are kids messing around in a backyard and are mistaken for burglars?
What about if he starts following them around the neighborhood? Maybe they throw a rock at him to tell him to piss off? Maybe they have a toy gun and start joshing around? What if your kids were black?

Gated community? Shouldn't they have security guards and surveillance cameras, there is no need to throw an untrained resident who could have any type of psychiatric history carrying a loaded gun into the mix. What a dumb idea if the idea is 'safety'.

[Tigerman]

What a dumb idea if the idea is 'safety'.

If TM attacked GZ, it seems it was a good idea, for GZ.

[headhonchoII]

What a dumb idea if the idea is 'safety'.

If TM attacked GZ, it seems it was a good idea, for GZ.

That's ignoring my point.