RE; Trayvon Martin/George Zimmermann...Have we made any progress since 1931?

[Bruce Wayne]

8. Another quote: "arming dangerous individuals [is] 'a price we pay for freedom.' "

In 1975, Carter was asked if he would “rather allow those convicted violent felons, mentally deranged people, violently addicted to narcotics people to have guns, rather than to have the screening process?” An opponent of the 1968 Gun Control Act—which created categories of prohibited firearms purchasers—Carter responded that arming dangerous individuals was “a price we pay for freedom.”

Oddly, I thought letting teenagers in hoodies walk down the street without getting stalked & gunned down was a better measure of freedom.