Zimmerman: Murderer

Yep.  I vented a rant on facebook and then tossed it onto dA, even though I avoid politics on both sites (if I want a political blog, I'll get one).  As a gun owner, I've got to say that the pro gun community dropped the ball on this one.  If you carry a gun for defense (or while traveling to the mountains to hunt, to the range for target practice, . . ), you should do everything you can to avoid getting into a fight.   Zimmerman did everything he possibly could to get into a physical confrontation with someone because he didn't like his looks.  The fact that so many gun owners held him up as a shining example of why we need guns is ridiculous and foolhardy.  Every stand your ground law should be accompanied by a mind your own business law.  His intervention was unnecessary and resulted in the death of a human being who was just enjoying his evening chatting with a friend and eating Skittles.  I'll leave before I rant again, but yep, you're spot on with this one.