I hope this has not already been posted. I find it very disturbing

[Charles]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Except it's completely inaccurate.

1. Prisons are filled with criminals who wouldn't BE in prison if drugs were legalized.

2. Those who would kill out of boredom choose victims of ease. Bottom line? Predators, not yawners.

Here's the rub: Zimmerman had a gun, not something personal like a shiv, shank, knife, car antenna, rock, brass knuckles or ice pick.

And, if he DID have one of those (regardless of who caused the engagement), the kid would have been able to disengage unless the ad hoc neighborhood watchman knew just where to hit a man the FIRST time.

Reality? No gun = no death.

Unless you're saying puffy wannabe boy is a stone cold killer.

Perhaps prisons are filled with drug offenders. I draw my conclusions from the early 80's at the Missouri State Penitentiary, and they didn't house short time offenders there.

Maybe the "nice" prisons were filled with drug offenders, but we dealt exclusively in the hard core predators. And locking them up at MSP didn't make them any better citizens.

You know, I actually hated convicts for years, but have since tempered my opinion of them. However, I still realize that there are some really bad actors, and they're all not doing life & 50 yet.

As far as the topic at hand, I favor allowing people to arm themselves, and granting them the legal standing to defend themselves.

That's simply my opinion on the matter. And however the situation in Florida plays out in court will not effect my opinion.

Fair enough?

Chas