Originally Posted By: Prometheus
 Originally Posted By: Pariah
 Originally Posted By: Prometheus
If he hadn't intended to kill someone, he wouldn't have been armed. Guns don't have "stun" settings...


So all cops carry guns because they're looking for people to kill?


Not equatable. Cops are liscensed to carry guns. A crazy murdering racist isn't. Glad I could explain that to you.



Zimmerman was in training to be a police officer. I've seen nothing to indicate he was charged with illegally possessing a handgun, so it's logical to assume he had a concealed weapon permit. The only possible gap is whether Zimmerman was authorized by his neighborhood watch to carry a gun while patrolling as a representative under their neighborhood watch. But as an individual on his own, he was authorized to carry a gun.

And as I've said repeatedly, it was dark and raining, and Zimmerman rattled off a list of reasons on his 911 call why Martin was suspicious, none of them racial. And only when asked if the suspect was white, black, or hispanic, did Zimmerman after a long pause go "um... I think he's black".
Indicating race was not even a consideration for Zimmerman, and it was only when asked that he weighed it for a few seconds, and finally guessed at Martin's race.