Gun enthusiasts start defense fund for George Zimmerman

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16. Hmm. Agree and disagree.

"It is not to be thought of in a civilized community for a moment that any citizen put in jeopardy of life or liberty should be debarred of counsel because he is too poor to employ such aid," the Indiana court wrote. "No court could be expected to respect itself to sit and hear such a trial. The defense of the poor in such cases is a duty which will at once be conceded as essential to the accused, to the court and to the public."

Sounds like Zimmerman was between jobs, so on the one hand, I support his access to legal defense, just as ANY citizen, no matter how apparently innocent or heinous. If some people want to raise some money for that, fine. On the other hand, I don't think 'gun owners' have any particular dog in this fight, as the law didn't protect what he did at all. As a gun owner, I don't particularly want to be associated with this effort.