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In reply to the discussion: There is REASONABLE doubt about Zimmerman's guilt....According to "Stand Your Ground" [View all]Sancho
(9,206 posts)No one should have a gun without lots of training and background checks. A permit should only allow guns to be carried in specific circumstances. There are way too many guns in the hands of immature, mentally ill, emotional, and criminal hands.
If you can be arrested and charged with manslaughter for drinking a beer and getting in a car wreck, it makes no sense you can legally carry guns to school, while stalking people in a gated community, or any number of seriously stupid situations.
Don't bother guns nuts - I grew up hunting and decades ago I was a member of the NRA. I have learned the hard way and I've seen the light. Your right to have a gun requires serious permits and restrictions in my view.
Zimmerman's father was a judge. Chances are the cops knew him. At any rate, he should be charged for simply creating the situation. It was reckless. If it wasn't murder, it should be manslaughter.