There's a debate about whether Zimmerman should have been carrying

[MrScorpio]

171. Frankly, I'm disturbed at your insistence in making this debate about all CCW holders

As, Zimmerman himself has clearly demonstrated by his reckless disregard for his own safety and the safety of others, every single CCW holder is not a responsible saint with a gun.

He's the last person that you should be defending, because he's making anyone who is responsible look guilty by association. I can see this same kind of behavior when is comes to the issue of police misconduct; the rapid closing of ranks. It does no one any good except to perpetuate any problems that seem to pop up from time to time. You can fix the individual troublemakers without throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

Other than giving anyone armed the carte blanche to shoot anyone else that they don't like, this is one the main problems with the SYG laws… The apparent abandonment to require responsible gun ownership in the communities that have adopted these poorly written laws. It's quite evident that its proponents, ALEC and NRA have sponsored these laws with two distinct motives in mind: To exacerbate a general sense of fear and paranoia and to promote increased gun sales as a solution for that fear and paranoia. They're looking for more money for their coffers and increased political clout. It's working like gangbusters.

Frankly, this kind of behavior is the hallmark of a fascist society, not a free one:



We should not let ALEC and the NRA dictate what our rights and responsibilities as citizens are, especially of they're going to use the unreasonable promotion of fear and prejudice to pad their bottom line. If we allow this kind of think to persist, you can best believe that there will be a lot more unnecessary deaths from firearms in out near future than there already are in the present day.

What you'll get is more fools with guns than you need.

Indeed, whatever reasons that most responsible and law-abiding CCW holders decide to justify their willingness to exercise their right to keep and bear arms, I would think that a reasonable amount of concern for the added ranks of hyper-vigilant, fearful and aggressive gun toters among them is warranted.

Are you concerned that I'm advocating the restriction of 2nd Amendment rights? Well, let me tell you that I am not.

My central point is that not everyone in this country is equipped emotionally and intellectually, as well as having garnered enough maturity to carry a loaded firearm in public. These people like Zimmerman, who though was legally and rightfully able to carry up to the point where he gunned down an innocent pedestrian, are quite simply disasters waiting to happen.

These individuals must be held accountable for their actions. We don't need to restrict the rights of the law abiding by doing this one thing.

This is not about basic rights, it's about the basic responsible exercise OF those rights and the lack of that exercise by one George Zimmerman.

He's the gun owner who used his own weapon to gun down an innocent person…

He must be held accountable for his reckless and irresponsible disregard for another human life.