If the Sanford PD is so keen to use Florida’s stalking law, why didn’t they arrest Zimmerman for stalking Trayvon Martin?
The protests are about the failure of the government to act.
]]>Sanford PD did themselves no favor in my estimation when they threatened to arrest reporters for interviewing possible witnesses. The whole department needs refresher courses.
]]>I was required to carry a sidearm for most of 20 years. I have been around guns my entire life. I could get a concealed firearms permit with almost no effort. I don’t have one, because I don’t see the point. I don’t want to conceal my ‘home defense’ weapon, a shotgun. I want them to see it, be afraid, and leave. The thing is loud and makes a mess I don’t want to clean up. It would generate a lot of paperwork I don’t want to deal with. We have had problems down here, but everyone calms down and decides to be reasonable when the 12-gauge arrives.
After 9/11 there was a constant drumbeat of threats and the unscrupulous and crazies have built on it. There hasn’t been a gun bill of any kind being even half-heartedly pushed in Congress in the last four years, but there is a constant panic that the government is coming for your guns. Of course, we don’t bother to enforce the laws we now have, so new laws won’t do much good. We put more effort in hassling people over marijuana that machine guns, for which the Mexican drugs lords thank us.
People have lost their minds, and children in schools and coming home from the 7-11 are paying the price.
]]>There is a drop in crime across the nation. What drives the NRA to push these ‘Stand your ground’ laws? Why do we need people with twitchy fingers roaming about looking for someone to shoot? What do we gain from this?
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