Yes. This is one of those bad cases that often results in bad laws. I haven't seen any evidence that Zimmerman was justified or that the kid was a legitimate threat.

But I can anticipate-just as they tried to do with the Giffords shooting-certain elements of the government and media trying to use this to curtail people's rights.

Every state in the country has homicide laws on the books.

Zimmerman can, and most likely should be, prosecuted and convicted under existing laws.