There is REASONABLE doubt about Zimmerman's guilt....According to "Stand Your Ground"

[CTyankee]

55. I guess anyone can cherry pick any poll they want. I've seen support for regulation going up

in some polls. I will agree that our tolerance for gun violence in this country has probably gone up since the gun lobby has had the money and the power to overcome what I believe are reasonable controls and regulations on guns. If your perspective is just limited to your own "backyard" so to speak, if you don't see the world thru a larger lens, then I can see (altho I don't agree with) your perspective. Lest you suspect I am ignorant about the gun culture of this country, I hasten to assure you that I am a 3rd generation Texan, born and raised (until I mercifully escaped to the Northeast for college) in Dallas. Hell, we even had a neighbor who shot and killed her philandering husband in their driveway and my mother was interviewed by police about the incident. A culture of having/owning guns was not alien to my personal history...

I have a different perspective. I prefer to live differently. If I could, I would probably live six months of the year in Europe and the other six months in New York City (flying directly to L.A. to visit grandson a couple of times a year). My ideal living in Europe would have me not owning a car, moving about on bus and train, spending my days in art museums, small markets to pick up fresh food for the evening meal, stopping in coffee shops to schmooze with friends. I would prefer to experience other cultures, other histories, and their present realities. As you might guess, I am retired, after a full life of work and raising a family.

I went into NYClast Friday and was shocked at the old and shabby condition of the train I was riding. While passing thru lower Fairfield County (one of the richest counties...Greenwich is there...in the country) I saw a lean-to encampment by the tracks, with an American flag put up to shield the view of train passengers for whoever was living there. I wish I could have taken a picture of it with my cell phone. That spoke volumes to me about what is happening here in the U.S.A.