The problem lies with the cowboy mentality that equates guns with security.

Mar 21, 2012 -- 8:51AM, Kwinters wrote:

Mar 21, 2012 -- 7:28AM, Nepenthe wrote:

Why shouldn't he have access to a gun?  I saw no evidence in the posted article relating to mental illness or being unfit for a gun purchase.

The problem here is not the law.  Like other situations, the problem lies with law enforcement and prosecution.

video.msnbc.msn.com/newsnation/46786334/...

You hear the boy screaming for help and then a minute or two later a shot from this guy that law enforcement has yet to arrest!

The man was a menace and mentally unstable.

And yet it was the dead black boy's body that the police tested for drugs!  He was screaming for help when the man executed him.  It is horrifying that this man was allowed to wander around armed.

With no history of mental illness or instability, how exactly would you have kept him from getting a gun? He met all of the qualifications for purchasing a gun so unless you're proposing we ban all guns, what would you have liked done?

Mar 21, 2012 -- 9:24AM, Girlchristian wrote:

Mar 21, 2012 -- 8:51AM, Kwinters wrote:

Mar 21, 2012 -- 7:28AM, Nepenthe wrote:

Why shouldn't he have access to a gun?  I saw no evidence in the posted article relating to mental illness or being unfit for a gun purchase.

The problem here is not the law.  Like other situations, the problem lies with law enforcement and prosecution.

video.msnbc.msn.com/newsnation/46786334/...

You hear the boy screaming for help and then a minute or two later a shot from this guy that law enforcement has yet to arrest!

The man was a menace and mentally unstable.

And yet it was the dead black boy's body that the police tested for drugs!  He was screaming for help when the man executed him.  It is horrifying that this man was allowed to wander around armed.

With no history of mental illness or instability, how exactly would you have kept him from getting a gun? He met all of the qualifications for purchasing a gun so unless you're proposing we ban all guns, what would you have liked done?

I would have liked for this boy to be alive instead of that lunatic walking around with a gun, repeatedly phoning the police for weeks on end. And for the cops to not arrest someone who clearly executed an innocent boy.

Did you watch the video I linked? How much do you really know about this guy?

www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-...

'ABC News reported Tuesday that Trayvon was talking on his cellphone to a teenage girl whose call logs show she was on the phone with the 17-year-old boy in the moments before Zimmerman shot him.

"He said this man was watching him, so he put his hoodie on. He said he lost the man," Martin's friend told ABC. "I asked Trayvon to run, and he said he was going to walk fast. I told him to run but he said he was not going to run."

Eventually he would run, said the girl, thinking that he'd managed to escape. But suddenly the strange man was back, cornering Martin.

"Trayvon said, 'What, are you following me for,' and the man said, 'What are you doing here.' Next thing I hear is somebody pushing, and somebody pushed Trayvon because the head set just fell. I called him again and he didn't answer the phone."

The line went dead. Besides screams heard on 911 calls that night as Martin and Zimmerman scuffled, those were the last words he said.'

Mar 21, 2012 -- 10:33AM, Girlchristian wrote:

Mar 21, 2012 -- 10:15AM, Kwinters wrote:

Mar 21, 2012 -- 9:24AM, Girlchristian wrote:

Mar 21, 2012 -- 8:51AM, Kwinters wrote:

Mar 21, 2012 -- 7:28AM, Nepenthe wrote:

Why shouldn't he have access to a gun?  I saw no evidence in the posted article relating to mental illness or being unfit for a gun purchase.

The problem here is not the law.  Like other situations, the problem lies with law enforcement and prosecution.

video.msnbc.msn.com/newsnation/46786334/...

You hear the boy screaming for help and then a minute or two later a shot from this guy that law enforcement has yet to arrest!

The man was a menace and mentally unstable.

And yet it was the dead black boy's body that the police tested for drugs!  He was screaming for help when the man executed him.  It is horrifying that this man was allowed to wander around armed.

With no history of mental illness or instability, how exactly would you have kept him from getting a gun? He met all of the qualifications for purchasing a gun so unless you're proposing we ban all guns, what would you have liked done?

I would have liked for this boy to be alive instead of that lunatic walking around with a gun, repeatedly phoning the police for weeks on end. And for the cops to not arrest someone who clearly executed an innocent boy.

Did you watch the video I linked? How much do you really know about this guy?

www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-...

'ABC News reported Tuesday that Trayvon was talking on his cellphone to a teenage girl whose call logs show she was on the phone with the 17-year-old boy in the moments before Zimmerman shot him.

"He said this man was watching him, so he put his hoodie on. He said he lost the man," Martin's friend told ABC. "I asked Trayvon to run, and he said he was going to walk fast. I told him to run but he said he was not going to run."

Eventually he would run, said the girl, thinking that he'd managed to escape. But suddenly the strange man was back, cornering Martin.

"Trayvon said, 'What, are you following me for,' and the man said, 'What are you doing here.' Next thing I hear is somebody pushing, and somebody pushed Trayvon because the head set just fell. I called him again and he didn't answer the phone."

The line went dead. Besides screams heard on 911 calls that night as Martin and Zimmerman scuffled, those were the last words he said.'

Well, we all would like for this boy to be alive and the man in jail, but that's not what you said. You said he shouldn't have had a gun in the first place, but he met all of the qualifications according to the laws in his area so other than banning guns completely, how would you propose that he be kept from getting a gun?

Yes, I've watched the video and read every article I can find about it. Obviously the man needs to go to jail and was not acting in self-defense.

Someone who 'appoints' himself a neighborhood watch captain, and who phones the police 40+ times reporting non-crimes should be considered in need of mental help and have their guns removed.