They’re adjuring for the night
The six Florida women who make up the jury were handed the case in early afternoon and deliberated until 6pm ET. They were scheduled to resume at 9 am Saturday.
At one point during afternoon deliberations they sent out a request for an inventory list of evidence, which was provided.
They were expected to deliberate through the weekend, if necessary.
Not sure when we’ll have a verdict, but I’ll be keeping My ear to the ground.
So in the final hours of the George Zimmerman trial we’re seeing the anti-rights fanatics are hanging their identity in a known troubled, violent, and drug-using teen. Because guns are bad, and drug-using violent teens are just “Misunderstood”.
BTW they are also trying to hang OUR identity on Adam Kokesh, who acted alone, and frankly I first heard about him from the anti-gun blogs.
How can things be more ridiculous? I wrote in a previous post about the nonsensical but also stupid and dangerous ideas espoused by gun rights activist and libertarian Adam Kokesh. This dangerous proponent for gun rights has now been arrested for possession of drugs and other charges….So from Kokesh’s provocative statements about the “final American Revolution”, law enforcement had pretty good reason to believe that Kokesh was ready to act on his words. Such stupid, ridiculous and dangerous rhetoric should not be acceptable given Kokesh’s past antics. And doesn’t Kokesh, who seems to know so much about everything else, know the rules about gun possession/carrying and the use of drugs? I thought people who got permits to carry guns in public are trained not only to use those guns properly and safely but also to understand the state rules about carrying while on drugs or consuming alcohol. Permit holders don’t always follow the rules as we have seen way too many times.
When the corporate gun lobby promotes the use of guns to fight against the government, this is what we get. When the NRA lobbyists and their supporters believe they need to have guns with them everywhere they go, this is what we get. When there are over 300 million guns in circulation combined with the fear and paranoia promoted by the corporate gun lobby, this is what we get.
Sorry Joan, but Kokesh is speaking for the NRA about as much as Trayvon Martin was speaking for the Brady Campaign on the night when he assaulted George Zimmerman. Of course nobody is supporting Kokesh in his crazy actions, but the list is long of people supporting Trayvon Martin from anti-rights bloggers and paid activists like Joan, all the way to the Department of Justice and the White House.
Jason “Baldr” Kilgore of Cease Fire Oregon steps up to defend everything that is wrong with urban youth today:
One drizzly night in March, 2012, George Zimmerman, the self-appointed “neighborhood watch”
guy, stalked an unarmed 17-year old Trayvon Martin through an apartment complex against the advice of a 911 operator, confronted the boy, and shot him to death after a tussle.
Tussle? A “Tussle” is an inconsequential fight with minimal injuries, not a life-and-death struggle.
He then links this foolish list of questions. I haven’t been following the trial very closely so there might be some details I miss. If you can add to any of my answers, please do so in the comments!
1. Why get out of the vehicle? : To see where Martin ran off to. If you don’t have eyes on the subject when Police arrive they likely won’t arrest or detain anybody unless they see somebody who meets a VERY specific description or see somebody openly breaking a law.
Why not roll down the window and actually talk to Trayvon, say, “hey man, what’s up? You okay? I am neighborhood watch?” : Because he was on the phone with the 911 dispatch at the time and according to Zimmerman’s account Martin was only at his window for a few seconds.
3. Why didn’t George follow the police operator’s instructions to not follow Trayvon? Listen to the tape, He did. Tho to be fair the operator was NOT a officer and had no authority to give orders, and likely doesn’t have the experience or knowledge to give sound advice.
4. How did George, as the neighborhood watch captain, who had made 40-plus prior reports, who was right near his best friend’s house who had gone door-to-door and knew that area, claim to not know that area that night?: That I don’t know…but I will say that maybe its because I live in New England where every house is from a different year, design, and color. These Southern Housing developments are DAMN easy to get lost in because EVERY HOUSE looks the same, and the landscaping is VERY similar.
5. How did Trayvon jump him at the T but every piece of evidence and witness testimony is dozens of yards from there, including the phone that fell to the ground when the initial confrontation happened.: Haven’t seen these evidence files, or read such an account. Anybody?
6. How did Trayvon come out of bushes when there were no bushes? See above
7. How did George lose a fight to a kid he outweighed, when George paid over $100 per month for MMA classes for a year before this fight (which was subsequently named as the “George Zimmerman Training Program”) and he was the aggressor coming towards Trayvon? : Martin was taller than Zimmerman and they were close to the same weight. Zimmerman also states the first blow of the fight was Martin punching him in the nose. That ONLY happens when you’re coming towards somebody.
8. Why did you tell the detective you spread out Trayvon’s hands, yet his body was found with them on the interior of his body? Two possibilities spring to mind. #1. Martin was still alive long enough to clutch at his wound before he died. #2. Posturing from brain hypoxia as he died.
9. You have been portrayed as a docile guy who couldn’t fight, but didn’t you attack a cop? Weren’t you arrested for fighting? Didn’t your ex get a restraining order for stalking and allege verbal and physical abuse? The “Fight” Zimmerman was arrested for was simply laying his hand on an undercover officer who was arresting a friend of his WITHOUT identifying himself as an officer. Zimmerman mistook this as a fight and attempted to separate the two. The officer, decided he’d go a step further and arrested Zimmerman for “Assault”. His breach of procedure, and the foolishness of the charges is why all charges were dismissed.
AND….
10. Why did he need to load an extra bullet in the chamber to go to Target?: I’m glad you know NOTHING about firearms, but feel the need to pass judgement.
I think all my readers know you ALWAYS carry a round in the chamber…I mean God Forbid you have a drugged up teenager on top of you beating your head into the pavement. You might not have the extra hand to chamber a round.
Further Zimmerman was UNDER-Gunned. He was carrying just one Kel-Tec PF9, which only holds 7+1 and NO EXTRA MAGAZINE! Not only is this a VERY small amount of ammo, but in the event of a magazine malfunction you will be unable to do a quick mag swap. ALWAYS carry at least one reload…I prefer to carry two.
So yeah this is just a bunch of ignorant judgement foisted on people who are more interesting in a lynching than justice.
Further this pro-criminal sentiment is what’s building up the tinder for race riots in the event Zimmerman is acquitted or gets a minor sentence.
There will be blood on their hands for fueling this, and they will want to blame ANYBODY else.
This article is just how the antis need the debate to go.
About a quarter of high-risk youth who go to the hospital for an assault-related injury own a gun, according to a new study. But, even if they don’t own a firearm, the majority of these youths say they are okay with retaliatory violence.
Gun violence is the leading cause of death for adolescents and young adults between 14 and 24.
Overall, 467,321 were victims of a crime committed with a gun in 2011, according to the National Institute of Justice. Firearms were used in 68 percent of murders, 41 percent of robberies and 21 percent of aggregated assaults that year.
Researchers talked to 689 high-risk youths between 14 and 24 who had visited Hurley Medical Center’s emergency department in Flint, Mich. for an assault-related injury. The vast majority were in the emergency room because of injuries caused by their peers (67 percent), while a fraction (15 percent) admitted their injuries were caused by their partner. About 14 percent were under the age of 18, and 32 percent had a child of their own. Most of the people surveyed were not involved in a gang.
Twenty-three percent said they owned a firearm, with the majority (83 percent of gun owners) admitting they purchased the gun illegally. Out of all the owners, 22 percent had a automatic or semiautomatic weapon.
Males were more likely to have a gun than females. About 37 percent said they owned a gun for protection, 10 percent said they were holding it for someone and 9 percent said they had one because their friends had one. Forty-two percent said they carried the firearm outside the home.
People who owned firearms were more likely to use illegal drugs, have been involved in a serious fight and to support aggressive behavior that increased their risk for retaliatory violence.
Do you really “Own” a gun if its stolen, and it will be taken away and you’ll be put in jail the MOMENT a cop catches you with it?
Yeah these people sound EXACTLY like the 86,000 people at the NRA Convention is Houston this year! These are NOT a reason to ban guns these are the reasons why we NEED to CARRY guns! Further this is the reason why gun rights advocates always say “Enforce the Existing Laws”.
You want to save these troubled kids….put more cops on the streets. The drugs, violence, and guns they have is more than enough to arrest them, charge them, and get them some intervention.
And if the intervention doesn’t work, the rise in carry permit holders means that more of them will get shot and killed when they decided to prey on people who don’t have gang affiliations. (BTW the article says these kids aren’t involved in gangs…BULLSHIT!)
No Death, but its worth an honorable mention!
Sacramento police say they have arrested a man who threw a spear at a moving car.
The Sacramento Bee reports Wednesday that the spear was lodged in the car after hitting its front fender.
Police say a witness called Tuesday night to report a man standing in the road throwing a spear at a passing vehicle, and officers arrested 56-year-old Jeffrey Allen Jones on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
California gun laws WORK! Bonus for the mugshot in the article!
Haven’t heard from him in AGES, and his phone number was changed! But he called tonight just before the Squirrel Report!
So yeah, some music from the legend!
It’s Hilarious, the Brady Campaign used to be Boogie-Man. They used to be the big threat to the Second Amendment in America. Now they’re a joke lead by a ridiculous fanatic.
Wow, first up Hat’s off the Reuters! Talk about NOTHING but softballs and fluff! They just take every lie of Gross at his word, and keep fluffing him up with softball question after softball.
I also love Dan’s false Bravado. “Will Manchin-Toomey Come Back before the recess” Yes! Why wouldn’t it??? Talking about various representatives who voted for their people LOOSING popularity when that turns out NOT to be true (or with Kelly Ayotte maybe her Illegal Alien support might be hurting her) and the whole “We Support the 2nd Amendment and self defense!” With what? We know Biden was all about the double-barrel shotgun used exclusively in illegal ways. I’m thinking MAYBE a .38 Revolver…but remember the Brady Campaign Supported the DC Gun ban in Heller v DC, so I guess they support self-defense and the 2nd Amendment if you wand a double-barrel shotgun that is currently disassembled and locked in a box.
It’s really quite pathetic how much they’re attempting to cling to relevance.
I love zeroing scopes and sights, its fun and methodical and you feel really accomplished when your rifle is putting rounds right where you want them.
Its also really exciting to sight in for somebody zeroing their rifle.
Took a week off, but now it’s Thursday and its game on for another SQUIRREL REPORT!
We have a pile of great topics, including the call-in of “What “-nado” would be worse than a SHARKNADO! ?” That’s a good one!
Also my account on Buxton Carbombs!
It’ll be a fun night!
TUNE IN 9pm EST for THE SQUIRREL REPORT!!!!
Via: http://theinternetsanimals.com/
Tam has a great post about obscure carry guns.
The Jack references this post about my PM45 (which isn’t REALLY a hipster gun). A Bunch of people carry them, and they carry them BECAUSE AWESOME!
My Favorite:
Still it reminds me of when I first met Tam. She was shooting her ubiquitous S&W M&P9, and I was shooting my PM45. When her gun ran dry I offered my gun and a fresh magazine to her.
She politely said “No thanks!”
Tam simply has transcended the wiz-bang. She has what works.
I can’t blame her, and there’s a reason why we all admire her!
Bennett Rill finished his last day of school at Rachel Carson Middle School on Tuesday and met up with some friends to kick off the summer.
After dinner at a Glory Days Grill, the teens wandered over to an elementary school near the restaurant and decided to climb up onto the roof. At some point, authorities said, Bennett accidentally came into contact with a live wire and was electrocuted.
Bennett, 14, was pronounced dead at the scene. Three other youths suffered injuries not believed to be life threatening.
Humans have lived for Millenia without electricity…I don’t see why we allow this dangerous scourge into our homes! It does NO GOOD!
H/t Nancy
