The State of Florida vs George Zimmerman: The Trial

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Frank Apisa asked: And then you agree that if only they would put more guns in the hands of more people...they would become more polite like we Americans are...and would be more safe...like we Americans are...right?

Absolutely..
Trouble is, the Brits are soft and unwisely think they're already polite enough.
For example in this alien landing in Dorsetshire the Brit woman asks if it'd like a cup of tea at 2:12-



[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnxMd5e-lM0&feature=player_detailpage[/youtube]

Now compare it to the much more sensible American way of greeting aliens with a hail of slugs-
The Day the Earth Stood Still

But if anybody in Britain REALLY wanted a gun, he could get one legitimately dead easy by joing an official gun club using their guns on their range for a probationary period of about 3 months, then fill in a Firearms Licence Request form from the police.

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That would have earned Trayvon a first degree murder conviction and a well-deserved spot on death row.

You mean stand your ground doesn't work if your walking while black?

Glitterbag said: As for Romeo, I think you should start your own thread to discuss how exciting it is to fire weapons

Glitterbug said:@RF- you are emotionally stunted and can get so excited just thinking about firing a weapon

I am proficient, however, I don't find it exciting or stimulating,

Hollow points are not for protection,

In this country hollow points are only allowed in hunting

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That would have earned Trayvon a first degree murder conviction
and a well-deserved spot on death row.

You mean stand your ground doesn't work if your walking while black?

Well apparently not to the A2K brain trust.
Which one of them suggested hollow points???

Hollow points are not for protection,
they are designed for maximum tissue damage
and were outlawed by the Hauge in 1899 for use in combat.
This decision predates the Geneva convention.

In this country hollow points are only allowed in hunting because
upon impact the bullet expands creating maximum tissue damage,
giving the hunter a better chance of killing the animal.

Full metal rounds can go thru the animal and strike unintended targets.
Unless you are hunting during hunting season, in an area designated for hunting,
it's illegal to be walking around aimlessly searching for 17 year old racists
with candy and soda cans obviously up to no good.

As for Romeo, I think you should start your own thread
to discuss how exciting it is to fire weapons.
I'm sure a few folks enjoy how aroused [????]
you get fantizing about manly weapons discharging,

Stop making things up. A2K should be a place where only truthful information is disseminated.

Stop making things up. A2K should be a place where only truthful information is disseminated.

Maybe the IRS should step in and straighten this place out?

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I am proficient, however, I don't find it exciting or stimulating,

You do not enjoy going to the range?

As far as excitement that is not the word I would used more like enjoyable instead.

For exciting I would go with sky diving or flying a 300 pound ultralight aircraft to 5,000 feet. Still can remember the high of doing my first jump or the first time pointing my little aircraft into the wind and taking off.

Chasing hot air balloons around the sky on the weekends or pretending to do strafing runs on some of the boats in the bay.

When I was still working I would take a day off and fly over the local highways watching the poor men and women going to work that day as I goof off at a thousand feet above them.

Point of Information: WHERE and HOW did the Hague get jurisdiction of this? ????

Frank Apisa said:@RF- People like you over there ought to lobby
to get the NRA to open a branch over in Great Britain...so you all can start pack more heat.
Pretty soon, you all will be as safe as we Americans.
And visitors to your country will be as safe as are visitors to America.
C'mon. Get with it, Romeo.
Make Great Britain a safer place by getting more guns into the hands of more people like we do here.

Yes, but the Brits are too pre-occupied with drinking tea than to demand guns.
Ask any Brit if he wants a gun and he'll reply shocked "Certainly not! Why on earth would I want a gun, this is not the wild west!"
But if anybody in Britain REALLY wanted a gun, he could get one legitimately dead easy by joing an official gun club using their guns on their range for a probationary period of about 3 months, then fill in a Firearms Licence Request form from the police.

The cops will then ask the club whether he behaved alright,
and if he did they'll then run background checks on him,
and if he's got no police record he'll be granted a Firearms Licence to buy one gun.
But if he's got so much as a parking ticket against his name he can kiss goodbye to dreams of getting a Licence.
(I once served a 3-month jail sentence on a vigilante rap, so I've got zilch chance!)

Point of Information: WHERE and HOW did the Hague get jurisdiction of this? ????

It was in one of the Hague Conventions from right around 1900 (I forget which one).

The jurisdiction only applies to wartime use against other lawful combatants.
The thinking was that honorable warriors who are serving their country
should not simply be blown apart as if they were rabid animals.

There was never any thought that such a restriction would apply to use against common criminals.
The restriction also does not apply when our soldiers are firing on terrorists or unlawful combatants.

Are you poking fun at the Hague Conventions oralloy?

Following zimmerman's trial, he has been involved in a few other 'stand your ground' incidents. Once he was required to beat the tar out his wife when he feared for his life because she looked at him the wrong way, and following that, he ordered his newest girlfriend out of HER house at gunpoint because apparently once again he was in fear for his life by yet another unarmed person.