(August 2, 2013 at 2:56 am)Tiberius Wrote: I'm sorry, but people make decisions like that automatically. You see someone doing something shady; you think they are suspicious. There isn't anything wrong with that. The fact that you may have a gun with you doesn't make it wrong either.
Now, if you decide to take the law into your own hands and use your gun against them because they were being suspicious, that is where it becomes wrong.
Which is of course precisely what Zimmerman did. He provoked an incident knowing that he had the big equalizer in his pocket. There is a concept in law called "but for" But for Zimmerman's actions in stalking Martin there would have been no incident and no death.
But let's trot out yet another Southern Hero. This time in Louisiana.
As you read, remember that in no jurisdiction in the US is "burglary" considered a capital crime.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/te...-1.1410613
Quote:Merritt Landry, 33, allegedly shot an unarmed 14-year-old in the head, thinking he was going to rob the homeowner. Landry was charged with second-degree murder.