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When you enter Universal Studios in Orlando, there is a search of your bag to ensure that you are not carrying in any weapons. It is purely for show. There are numerous security holes. There is a mini golf course, located in the nominally ‘sterile’ area beyond the checkpoint. Only a three foot tall fence separates the mini golf course from the area where cars are dropped off for valet parking. Getting a weapon past the checkpoint here involves simply getting out of your car in the valet parking area, throwing the weapon over the fence to an accomplice.
You can also enter the ‘sterile’ area by taking a water taxi from one of Universal’s on site hotels, and bypass security that way. There are other ways, as well. Security theater.

There are other places that claim to be secure. Courthouses are a good example. Until a person kills a judge in his chambers.

If the powers that be cannot even safeguard a judge in his chambers inside of a building filled with armed cops, and metal detectors, how can the guarantee the safety of a disarmed public? The answer is: they can’t. You are the person most responsible for your own safety.

There are a bunch of liberals who are claiming that they are going to boycott Florida because of ‘stand your ground’ laws. The latest of these is Stevie Wonder, who is claiming that he will boycott any state that has a ‘stand your ground’ law.
So Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming are all off limits? Does this mean he will shut down the LA radio station he owns? Will he avoid his home in Woodland Hills, CA? Or is he just another bloviating idiot who doesn’t know what he is talking about?

 What many of the liberals forget is just how Florida got to where it is with regards to self defense. In 1993, a British tourist was shot and killed by a group of teens, the youngest of which was only 13 years old. The 13 year old offender had already been arrested 15 times, the earliest of which was when the teen was 8. Also arrested were two 17-year-olds and a 15-year-old, according to
reports. All were charged with murder and attempted first-degree murder. Gary Colley, 34, died in the driver’s seat. He had been startled awake
by young black males demanding money. His longtime companion, Margaret
Ann Jagger, 35, left a trail of blood as she called an operator from a
telephone only a few feet away and screamed, “There’s blood all coming
out of his mouth, and I think he’s dying.”

Colley was the ninth foreign tourist that was slain that year. The killings generated sensational headlines in European newspapers and led to mass cancellations of Florida vacations. In fact, 1993 marked the year that Florida was declared to be the murder capitol of America. This was a trend that was long in coming. In 1989, there were 35 tourists killed statewide. The rampant crime was one reason behind Florida becoming a ‘shall issue’ state.

That was the Florida that liberals would rather have than the one we have today.

Floridians decided to DO something about it. Each of Florida’s rest stops had armed guards posted or were shut down if they did not.

Tourists still get killed here, but not as frequently. Look at this case from Tampa (just ignore the fact that it was committed by young black males- don’t be a racist). Florida’s murder rate tells the story:

1988 Florida Murder Rate: 11.5 Nationwide Murder rate: 8.5
1990 Florida Murder Rate: 10.7 Nationwide Murder rate: 9.4
1993 Florida Murder Rate: 9.0 Nationwide Murder rate: 9.5
1995 Florida Murder Rate: 7.35 Nationwide Murder rate: 8.2
1997 Florida Murder Rate:  6.9 Nationwide Murder rate: 6.8
2000 Florida Murder Rate:  5.68 Nationwide Murder rate:  5.5
2005 Florida Murder Rate:  4.99 Nationwide Murder rate: 5.6
2011 Florida Murder Rate: 5.2 Nationwide Murder rate: 4.7

Florida once had a murder rate that was 135% of the national average. Within 5 years, the state was lower than average. Now it has crept back up to 110% of the average. The difference is that we aren’t going to stand for it.

Fake or real? You decide:

The prosecutors in the Zimmerman case have decided to go out and accuse George Zimmerman of being a ‘lucky murderer,’ despite the fact that he was found not guilty.

The press continues to push this case and inflame racial tension. Why is that? The answer is simple: the more people who are killed, the more ratings increase, and the more profits are made.

Now that all is said and done, I am reflecting on the lessons of the Zimmerman trial. What can we as citizens take from this tragedy:

1 Stay away from neighborhood watch. All it got GZ was bankruptcy, a life of looking over his shoulder, near death, and an 18 month long fight for his freedom. Against what benefit? The HOA had to shell out more than $1 million to the Martins in a lawsuit. I submit that every home in that place being burglarized once a month for a year would have cost the homeowners of the community less money. In short, a community watch exposes your neighborhood to significant liability with no real benefit. After all, the only thing that a watch can do is phone police if you see a suspicious person, and you can do that without the liability of having a watch.

 2 Mind your own business. If you see a suspicious person, and he is not threatening you, a member of your household, or your property, leave it alone- especially if the person is of a different race than you are. If you call, the police will only use your call against you as proof that you are a racist, a cop wannabe, or something, in the event that you ever have to defend yourself.

3 Stay away from people that are not of your race. Avoid them at all costs, even going so far as to cross the street when they approach. The reason for this is to avoid, to the greatest extent possible, any risk of having to protect yourself from a person of a different race and being called a racist for not allowing them to kill you.
4 Video cameras. Install them outside of your home and in your car. Minimize the chance that an attack will result in your statement being the only evidence.

 5 If you DO have to shoot someone, tell the cops that you felt threatened, shot the person threatening you in self defense, and that you want to wait for your attorney before making any other statements. Use your phone to call a trusted friend or relative that has instructions on what to do in the event of this call. Make sure they have the number for an attorney. Then SHUT UP. Anything you can say now, you can say in an hour with your attorney present. If it will prove your innocence now, it will prove it in an hour.

Do you want to know why college degrees are now worthless? This is what passes for education now: A paper written by the associate director of the Wellesley Collage Center for Research on Women, Peggy McIntosh. The title of the paper is: White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming To See Correspondences through Work in Women’s Studies.

An excerpt:

Thinking through unacknowledged male privilege as a phenomenon, I realized
that, since hierarchies in our society are interlocking, there is most likely
a phenomenon of white privilege that was similarly denied and protected.
As a white person, I realized I had been taught about racism as something
that puts others at a disadvantage, but had been taught not to see one of
its corollary aspects, white privilege, which puts me at an advantage. 

This is the stuff that people in Women’s Studies majors are learning. This is what the “Justice for Trayvon” people are quoting as their argument. Welcome to the crazy years.

This is too funny to avoid posting:

Outraged that they are portrayed as criminals, the black community is busy proving them wrong by tweeting death threats, and rioting in Oakland. Aided by a press that is busy counting the profits that will be made from reporting the civil unrest, the NAACP calls for violating Zimmerman’s constitutional protection against double jeopardy. This is far from over.

Here is the applicable law in Florida:

776.032 Immunity from criminal prosecution and civil action for justifiable use of force.

(1) A person who uses force as permitted in s. 776.012, s. 776.013, or s. 776.031
is justified in using such force and is immune from criminal
prosecution and civil action for the use of such force, unless the
person against whom force was used is a law enforcement officer, as
defined in s. 943.10(14), who was acting in the performance of his or
her official duties and the officer identified himself or herself in
accordance with any applicable law or the person using force knew or
reasonably should have known that the person was a law enforcement
officer. As used in this subsection, the term “criminal prosecution”
includes arresting, detaining in custody, and charging or prosecuting
the defendant.

 So sure, the Martins can sue Zimmerman, but the dirty tricks of suppressing discovery have alreadt been used, so the Zimmerman team will be better prepared. Then, there is the rest of the law:

(3) The court shall award reasonable attorney’s fees, court costs,
compensation for loss of income, and all expenses incurred by the
defendant in defense of any civil action brought by a plaintiff if the
court finds that the defendant is immune from prosecution as provided in
subsection (1).

So, if they try it, they will be suing a person who has no money, having spent it all in defense of his criminal trial. If they win, they get nothing. If they lose, they get to pay Zimmerman’s legal costs.

This is why no one who carries a gun should EVER allow himself to be punched in the head…