So now that the Justice Department has placed a hold on evidence from the Zimmerman case, we need to organize a campaign to get Zimmerman a new gun. We can perhaps take a collection and send the money to a gun store in the area, where Zimmerman can then buy his gun.
The attempted railroading continues.
The people are marching. and protesting. Why? To have the ‘stand your ground’ law repealed because of the perceived racism of the Zimmerman case. The only problem is that blacks benefit from the SYG law at a rate far out of proportion to their presence in the state’s population.
Black Floridians have made about a third of the state’s total “Stand Your Ground” claims in homicide cases, despite the fact that only 13% of the state’s population is black. This probably has to do with the fact that 52% of murders in the US are committed by blacks. (pdf alert)
With one third of the defendants in homicide cases who have invoked SYG being black, and 55% of those cases being successful, blacks are far more likely to suffer should this law be repealed.
One hundred thirty three people in the state of Florida have used a
“Stand Your Ground” defense. Of these claims, 73 were considered
“justified” (55 percent), while 39 resulted in criminal convictions and
21 cases are still pending.Forty four African Americans in the state of Florida have claimed a
“Stand Your Ground” defense. Of these claims, 24 were considered
“justified” (55 percent), while 11 resulted in convictions and nine
cases are still pending.Of the 76 white people who have used the defense, 40 were considered
“justified” (less than 53 percent), while 25 were convicted and 11 cases
are still pending.
Protesters have settled in to the Florida Governor’s office, using the Zimmerman case as a rally cry against ‘stand your ground’ laws, even though that law had nothing to do with the case.
Adora Obi Nweze, president of the Florida State Conference NAACP, in
her letter contended that families don’t know what to tell to children
on how to remain safe.“This verdict has caused families to ask the question — ‘What should I
tell my child in order to keep them safe and alive in Florida?” she
wrote Scott.
Do you want to know what to tell your kids to avoid Trayvon Martin’s fate?
Don’t get suspended from school for drugs, vandalism, and possession of stolen property.
Don’t get involved in street fighting.
Don’t be racist. It is wrong to refer to people as “crackas.”
and
most importantly: Keep your hands to yourself, unless you are being
attacked. Don’t commit felony battery. The soft target you thought you
were going to beat down may be armed.
So there was a rally in Orlando yesterday, the 1200 people who were there blocked traffic downtown during rush hour. I am not sure what the Trayvon protests are about at this point. This time, they were using the incident to promote gun control, although I don’t see how any gun control, short of an outright ban, would have changed the outcome here.
I think what we are seeing is the same disaster that the Occupy movement experienced: there are so many causes that would like to take advantage of the issue that the movement is falling apart like a wave that has hit the shallows. That wave has crested, and is now falling over under its own weight.
EDITED TO ADD: This again shows the abject failure that is the gun control movement. Using this racially charged case to make a gun control rally larger only garnered 1,200 marchers in a town that is 20 miles from the courthouse where the verdict was handed down, while the NAACP convention was in town.
The Department of Justice Vengeance is now asking anyone with information that can be used to prosecute George Zimmerman to email their information. This is not an investigation, it is a witch hunt. I have NEVER heard of anyone getting this sort of treatment in the history of this nation. I am outraged.
George Zimmerman turned me into a newt!
I got better!
EDITED TO CLARIFY Monty Python reference
The unemployment rate is a massaged number that many Americans pay attention to without thinking about the underlying data. The government claims that unemployment is only 7.6%. This is because many people are not counted, because the government, for one reason or another, claims these people are no longer in the workforce. Then they “adjust” the data seasonally. In other words, the data is manipulated.
Right now, there are 194.3 million whites in the US. Of those, only 116.1 million are working. That is an employment rate of 59.8%, and that doesn’t discount people who are only working part time.
In the 13.3 million strong Asian community, 8.3 million are working- meaning an employment rate of 62.4%.
The Black community is hardest hit: only 16.2 million of 30.4 million blacks are working: just 53.3% of the population.
Between low employment, the IRS scandal, our overseas image, and all of the other problems, it doesn’t surprise me that the administration is placing the spotlight on the Zimmerman case. It is a distraction from the real problem: The Obama administration is a disaster.
Nancy Grace and Brian Williams and a tough old U.S. Marine Sergeant
were captured by terrorists in Iraq . The leader of the terrorists told
them he would grant each of them one last request before they were
beheaded and dragged naked through the streets.
Nancy Grace said, “Well, I’m a Southerner, so I’d like one last plate of Draper Valley fried chicken.” The leader nodded to an underling who left and returned with chicken. Grace ate it all and said, “Now I can die content.”
Brian Williams said, “I want to take out my tape recorder and describe
the scene here and what’s about to happen. Maybe, someday, someone will
hear it and know that I was on the job till the end.” The leader
directed an aide to hand over the tape recorder and Williams dictated
his comments. He then said, “Now I can die happy.”
The leader turned and asked, “And now, Mr. U.S. Marine, what is your final wish?”
“Kick me in the ass,” said the Marine.
“I’m NOT kidding. I want you to kick me in the ass,” insisted the Marine.
So the leader shoved him into the yard and kicked him in the ass. The Marine went sprawling, but rolled to his knees, pulled a 9 mm pistol from inside his cammies and shot the leader dead. In the resulting confusion, he emptied his sidearm on six terrorists, then with his knife he slashed the throat of one, took the terrorist’s AK-47, and sprayed the rest of them with gunfire, killing another 11. In a flash, all of the terrorists were either dead or fleeing for their lives.
As the Marine was untying Grace and Williams, they asked him, “Why
didn’t you just shoot them all in the first place? Why did you ask him
to kick you in the ass?”
“What?” replied the Marine, “and have you two assholes report that I was a racist aggressor…..?”
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.