Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman

[niky]

Not so surpising, honestly... as the female juror in the article said... whatever you may feel about this personally, the letter of the law exonerates Zimmerman.

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Not that it's all that much comfort to him, I suppose. His life is practically over. At this point, we're just waiting for what the final meltdown will look like.

 

[Johnnypenso]

George has a few words to say about Obama and how he handled the case:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/24/us/george-zimmerman-obama-race-comments/index.html

 

[ukfan758]

Zimmerman involved in another shooting, minor gunshot wound: http://rt.com/usa/257573-zimmerman-shooting-police-florida/

 

[FoolKiller]

Zimmerman involved in another shooting, minor gunshot wound: http://rt.com/usa/257573-zimmerman-shooting-police-florida/

Just to make it clear, he was being shot at.

 

[Liquid]

Just to make it clear, he was being shot at.

Obviously he was asking for it.

 

[DRJULESSTEELE]

Zimmerman must be the new synonym for trouble.

 

[Lain]

Zimmerman's apparently trying to auction off the gun he killed Trayvon with: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...ign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160512

Wouldn't it be something if someone bought it, then used it to kill Zimmerman?

 

[huskeR32]

Zimmerman's apparently trying to auction off the gun he killed Trayvon with: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...ign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160512

Wouldn't it be something if someone bought it, then used it to kill Zimmerman?

The hosting site killed the listing as soon as it went live.

EDIT: I'm not going to give the site any kudos for doing so, though. Seeing that it's the same outfit that was willing to sell Trayvon silhouette gun range targets a couple years ago, I'm guessing they didn't pull the listing due to any moral objections to it.

 

[Danoff]

Why do we care?

 

[Lain]

Yes, the NPR article I linked to has already been updated to indicate the auction has been taken down. Hence why I said Zimmerman's trying to auction it off, not that he is auctioning it off.

Why do we care?

We don't. Or at least I don't.

I just figured I'd share the news in the relevant thread...

 

[TenEightyOne]

Why do we care?

Emotive symbolism, I guess. To my mind if he's legally allowed to keep it then he's allowed to make a legal trade in it. Being me... you might expect that I'd form a dim opinion of somebody who wanted to purchase the weapon for any symbolic value... and you'd be right. But the trade is fair.

 

[Dennisch]

But it's an exquisite piece of Americana!

 

[Danoff]

Emotive symbolism, I guess. To my mind if he's legally allowed to keep it then he's allowed to make a legal trade in it. Being me... you might expect that I'd form a dim opinion of somebody who wanted to purchase the weapon for any symbolic value... and you'd be right. But the trade is fair.

Is symbolism a better or worse reason to own a weapon than self defense?

 

[Tornado]

Emotive symbolism, I guess.

But even then, it's not really news that Zimmerman is an asshole. I saw the thread bumped up and I automatically thought "oh, boy, what has that George gotten himself into this time?"

*cue laugh track*

 

[TenEightyOne]

Is symbolism a better or worse reason to own a weapon than self defense?

Subjective on the part of the purchaser. To me it would be better to own a weapon for symbolic reasons than to own one for self-defence, I have no need of a lethal form of self-defence but I enjoy owning "nice things".

 

[Touring Mars]

The hosting site killed the listing as soon as it went live.

They did it in self defence.

 

[gnomefromnome]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...eorge-zimmerman-gun-auction-top-50m/84319096/

Bid was up to 65 million...then the bid was taken down by the auction site

 

[Blitz24]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...eorge-zimmerman-gun-auction-top-50m/84319096/

Bid was up to 65 million...then the bid was taken down by the auction site

Because it was clear fake bidding. It was reset to the first non-fraudulent bid. Although if I were the bidding site, I'd have accepted it and gone after the moron for the money he shilled it up to.

 

[Pupik]

Subjective on the part of the purchaser. To me it would be better to own a weapon for symbolic reasons than to own one for self-defence, I have no need of a lethal form of self-defence but I enjoy owning "nice things".

I'm sure his good luck charm hasn't exactly brought fortune to go with the fame, thus the sale.

 

[Dotini]

Subjective on the part of the purchaser. To me it would be better to own a weapon for symbolic reasons than to own one for self-defence, I have no need of a lethal form of self-defence but I enjoy owning "nice things".

No gentleman of proper aesthetic sensibilities would be immune to the joys of owning a German Luger and a sharp medieval dagger of considerable length and jeweled pommel.

Being no longer in the services, my best self-defense is my awareness, my wits and my legs. But I do carry at least one blade at all times.