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In reply to the discussion: George Zimmerman Explodes the NRA Fantasy of the Armed Citizen [View all]
Martin didn't go into anyone's home. He was walking home from the store in public, but he was black and to a paranoid like Zimmerman that meant he was dangerous. This is an example of a CCW holder killing for no reason. If he'd have left his gun home or just left Trayvon the fuck alone, everyone would have been better off, Zimmerman included. It shows the danger posed by paranoids walking around with guns, and if people feel the need to carry a gun to leave the house, they are by definition paranoid, which is why they kill. There is no logical reason to be spooked at the sight of a black teenager. It's a symptom of an unstable, racist personality, which is precisely who makes up the readership of the NRA's fucked up publication.
How about the solution is not to worry more about your stuff than human life? There is something seriously wrong with people who value material items more than human life.
How about the solution is not to worry more about your stuff than human life? There is something seriously wrong with people who value material items more than human life.
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Can you identify a causal link between a gun and the impulse to use it improperly? nt
rrneck
Jul 2013
#6
It's child's play, really. Packing a gun is exactly like using steroids only it's instant.
reusrename
Jul 2013
#69
Don't you think Zimmerman's possession of a gun affected his decision to go hunting?
Loudly
Jul 2013
#104
I don't know, I think you have to have a pretty callous temperament to arm up and carry in public.
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#35
We are talking guns here. I think society has right to define how yahoos use them. Enjoy yours.
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#113
I have bought many handguns with no intention of ever killing anything with them. ...
spin
Jul 2013
#58
Your refusal to face reality should not be construed as evasion from others.
reusrename
Jul 2013
#85
You think an answer is wrong because it doesn't tell you what you want to hear
BainsBane
Jul 2013
#106
Yes, all prudent responses, and you are to be congratulated on your grasp of the obvious,
rrneck
Jul 2013
#82
The whole armed-citizen/citizen militia movement is made of idiots, misfits and nincompoops...
LanternWaste
Jul 2013
#44