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NOT GUILTY.   George Zimmerman is a free man.   God help him in his life, he'll need it.

Gun hater= Z guilty Gun owner= Z innocent DaveS = WTF? :)

  Y'all quit bragging. We have some kickass ghettos in Nashville too.

I believe that the correct verdict was reached based upon the facts in evidence however, I won't revel in it and attempt to serve anyone a dish of fresh crow. There are folks I know and respect here and elsewhere on both sides of the issue. I pray that the fears of unrest are blown out of proportion and come to naught, but I still have taken precautions based upon the chatter on social media. Before you go to bed tonight hug your kids because regardless of your parenting, they could make a poor decision and end up like Martin. Also, ask God for guidance so you don't make a poor decision and end up in the same position as Zimmerman. This was a shitty situation for everyone involved. Let us now work to move past the rifts and divisions that the media and race pimps have sought to sow between us.

A child with downs is not retarded its a special gift for God give to those who can bear the extra work to give them a good life.

  If you hear a string of gunfire that just doesn't quit, you'll know that they made it to 6.8 AR's front porch :)

Somehow the results of this case (whether he'd been found guilty/not guilty) would have zero bearing how I defend myself or whether or not I would dismount my vehicle to follow someone I deem suspicious down a dark street. We all make decisions in life and we are beholden to those decisions.

"If the head was split, you must acquit". Sent from my SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

I'll get that started now with this statement: Glocks are the best functioning and best looking gun ever made. All 1911's are substandard junk and should be shipped to places like CA and NY. Also ... 9mm is a far better defensive round than .45

So....how long before he can have his gun back?   God knows he's gonna need it now more than ever.  He needs to rent a Uhaul and head to the midwest.  

I really think you guys are blowing this whole riot thing out of proportion. I do not think anything widespread will happen.

I pray there is no violence. My GF is at work on International Drive in Orlando right now. 

Either way, Zimmerman is screwed.  

That's why the media was on Trevon Martin's side. They get the black people all pumped up and then the verdict is Not Guilty and they get riots to cover. It's all about ratings. Without conflict, the media would go bankrupt, so they create their own conflict.  There is no justification for assaulting a person and George was attacked. It should never have come to trial but the media has been spinning this like a top. Twisting the facts and squeezing the emotions out of people. It makes me sick.

Name an irrational fear you may have.   For me   Being trapped in an elevator with both Nancy Grace and Jane Velez Mitchell.

Being targeted by the National media with false allegations where you are seen guilty by mass public opinion and never stand a chance to regain the life you once had even though you are innocent. Oh wait... you said irrational

The Lady that is blind folded and holding the scales did Her job.

It's a good thing we have people on juries willing to look at facts and not substitute their opinions for those facts

If I ran Kel-Tec, I'd be in the first possible location and hand GZ a new PF-9.

Looks like Justice has been done, like everyone wanted.   Now we watch while street justice happens so people can have an excuse to go loot some new $300 sneakers and LCD's

Stay on your toes my friends!

Yes!!! Stand your ground !!! F off nancy grace

No it isn’t. I have zero concerns about my ability to defend myself being impacted by this trial or verdict.

I just don't feel that guns are all that unpredictable. Don't pull the trigger and there won't be none. I can remember that with a half liter of tequila in my system. The problems with guns and alcohol come when somebody turns into an idiot, and thinks the rules have changed, like when, where, and what you can perforate.  

  It looks like they're doing something. That's all that matters to a politician. If they were required to get results, they would all be fired.

A child being hit in the head with a heavy grain bullet moving 300 fps is much different than an adult it think. Kinda like how a grown man can take a grown man punch, but a kid might easily be killed by such a blow.

  According to most media outlets, Zimmerman was guilty just because he had a gun. Wait, let me get it right... GUN!!!  :panic:  :panic:  :panic:

I sure do. Got detoured through there during the APSU homecoming parade. Didn't even know a place like that existed in good 'ol Clarksville and I had been here for a few years when I drove through there. Of course, I was probably safer there than any place else in Clarksville. The dealers ain't gonna let a cracker like me get popped in their distribution center.... bad for business if the Popo were to actually go down there.

After the verdict, I imagine the six jury-women will be OUTRAGED to discover that Saint Trayvon of Skittles' THUG history has been withheld from them.

Locked and loaded here. This is not a drill.   I've already clearly communicated to my beautiful and petite spouse that she will not be going to Walmart without a bodyguard (me) for the run-up to and aftermath of the Zimmerman verdict.   These circumstances have already extracted a renewed promise from her to acquire her Tennessee Handgun Carry Permit so she can carry her own weapon legally. (!!)   If you have an umbrella near at hand, it probably won't rain that day.

The risk isn't limited to Memphis...  There is a lot of zimmerman and zimmerman riot traffic on twitter coming from Jackson, and Nashville as well.  

http://youtu.be/Y0Rjn6W9jYk

I was thinking the same thing.

Once a person puts on the uniform of a public servant, be it police, soldier, or what have you, that person must represent society. I was often reminded of that overseas when I wanted to act a certain way but instead held back to represent the flag on my shoulder with honor.    It is even more important with folks that can easily violate your person and ruin your life through what to them is a simple arrest. Not only that but the officer in the video jumped immediately to being hurt because a citizen (not a prisoner, not a suspect other than going through a DUI checkpoint) questioned his non-life threatening directions. Now that is not honorable behavior, nor is it acceptable from a public servant. Furthermore in the longer dashcam you can hear more of the conversation that seems to me at least to prove the point that he was trying to intimidate a citizen.    I am sorry, I want to go back to the days of my early adult life when I was not concerned about approaching an officer and asking for directions. Now officers to often are being reported in the news as using things like that to get a arrest, or for having a bad attitude that results in the same - looking for an arrest.    Folks who think the kid got what he deserved should think well what if you were in that situation. The kid did not raise his voice, curse the officer, or anything of the kind. He simply questioned what he had to do. Officers do not know the law, they know how to get through the law to articulate things like reasonable suspicion and probable cause so that they can do their jobs. Lawyers do not know all of the law - they know a small piece of what they work in criminal law. Otherwise we would not need lawyers that specialize in self defense or in tax code cases.    This is why we are supposed to screen and monitor police to make sure we hire ethical folks who want to serve the public and not bullies. Law enforcement officers really do not have the luxury of having a bad day and taking that to work with them. Caesar's wife must be above reproach. Dignity and respect. 

...but Myth Busters said....     LOL

We got involved in Egypt originally because of pressure to the WH by McCain and Graham ( and other NeoCons) to back the  then rebels. ( How soon we forget what really goes on!) We need to stay out of the Middle east completely. If anybody attacks Israel then we come to her aid, otherwise back off! This is an Islamic problem and we are Christians, and we have nothing to gain. Contrary to popular belief we are not dependent on Middle East Oil. The only ME oil we use in quantity is Saudi and they don't like any of the other ME nations! We could even cut off from Saudi Arabia and make up the difference overnight with more oil from Canada and Mexico.

I'm sure they'll replace her with a Field Marshall of similar character and moral flexibility.

She IS on her way to another job. Don't worry... Obama has an endless supply of worthless replacement candidates.

Not no, but HELL NO! I drink like a fish and pull off the pistol, set it on top of the safe and before I ever take a drink. I never drink in public. Ever. You're gonna get a great deal of argument here, hopefully a peaceful intelligent argument but you asked for an opinion and mine is NEVER and I personally judge anyone who does as lacking in judgment. I don't care what a person THINKS their tolerance for alcohol is. No. Period.

Keep the grass cut short around the pond and remove any brush or other hiding places for critters.  Snakes like to hide and hunt other critters that hide in areas where there's cover.  And you really want the snakes there as they do an excellent job of controlling the population of other less desirable critters.    Designate a "play area".  Play here, stay away from there.  Teach them to identify the various snakes they might see.    http://tennessee.gov/twra/pdfs/snakesposter.pdf   http://www.tnwatchablewildlife.org/display2.cfm?habitat=&sort=aounumber&typename=reptile&Taxonomicgroup=Reptile%20-%20Snakes   That said, do what you need to do to protect the kiddies. 

I have only 1 box of federal 22lr target match 325 rounds . So I will give this to some one that has kids but has no 22lr so thay can shoot , the first person that says thay want it . It's there's please do not ruin this for a child . You can pick up in spring hill tn. Or I can ship it to you. But you have to post a picture of your kids using the box of ammo, jest wanting to make sure none of the kids are not left out of any of the shooting fun when 22lr is so hard to get . Thanks shipped out to NoBanStan . Any one else that would like to put up some free 22lr ammo for a child to be able to shoot and have some fun when 22lr ammo is hard to find feel free to post it here if you like. 1madss has put up some 22lr ammo for some kids to go shoot 2nd page

Justice, has been served

    Maybe he'll turn into a Jeremiah Johnson, having to take on assailants one at a time for the rest of his life.   I suggest he pick up something with more than 7+1 though.   - OS

The only thing that would have made that video better, is if the ice broke while he was kneeling there in pain.

Reminds me of the three "S's" 1. Shoot 2. Shovel 3. Shutup   DSWD

  Some of that happened out on the traffic line. I'll have to look at Dweezel's tape again to overlay the timelines.

Man I was waiting to hear that, I would like to see us completly divorce the middle east except to help protect Isreal. Tell China and Russia they can have the middle east if they want it including Saudia Arabia. We will save our aid money we give those countries and expand Isreals missle defense system and give them a nuclear sub stocked with 50 or so medium range nukes, Isreal in turn will provide us with intelligence of anyone planning to attack us in some way. With all the oil we get from TX and the gulf there has to be alot more oil in Mexico, pressure the Mexican government to open more land to oil companies and private drillers and have a good ol fasion oil boom in Mexico, jobs for Mexicans in Mexico and a solid contract to sell to America at a fair price.   Of course I know i'm dreaming, with the politicians we elect that will never happen.

I disagree good sir, the only valid opinion on this board is mine.

I have all but stopped drinking when I am out 'in public'.  For one thing, I'd rather legally carry my handgun in public than legally drink a beer in public so since I am usually carrying, the decision of whether or not to drink in a public place is rendered moot.  Honestly, though, part of the reason is monetary.  I can buy a sixpack of decent beer for just about the same price that a couple of glasses of watered-down, mass-market swill would cost at a restaurant.  Likewise, for what a couple of mixed drinks would cost at a restaurant, I can buy a pint of pretty good stuff and pour them as strong as I want at home.   I also wouldn't drink even at home while shooting targets in the back yard, etc.  I simply don't see a 'need' for it nor do I think it would enhance my enjoyment of target shooting.   As others have said, though, if I am at home and have a firearm in my pocket or within arm's reach, the idea of drinking one beer isn't going to make me freak out and start locking everything up.  If I were going to have more than one, I'd be more likely to put the firearms out of reach but it is so rare that I have more than one, anymore, that I don't even devote much thought to that.   Certainly everyone needs to make decisions that will contribute to firearm safety.  I do believe, however, that our collective 'ideas' about alcohol consumption are influenced by the long-reaching shadow of Prohibition as well as living in the Bible Belt.   Case in point:  Way back in the mid 1990s, some friends and I spent a week at an all-inclusive resort in Mexico (Puerto Vallarta - before that location apparently became a big 'gay' vacation destination.)  We went into town on a couple of days to souvenir hunt and just to try and get some idea of what daily life there would be like.  I went into one store and bought a beer.  Now, this wasn't a Budwater, etc.  This was a La Boheme (Bohemia) that had not been watered down for importation into the U.S. (I have had Bohemia here and the alcohol content was around 4% - the one in Mexico clearly stated on the label that the alcohol content was 7%.)  I paid for it, the clerk popped the lid off for me and bid me a good day.  I asked, "So, I can just drink this while walking down the street?" and she assured me that, yes, it was no problem.  Well, as I exited the store I noticed that there was a road construction crew working on fixing the street outside that store.  They were apparently taking a break - and most if not all of them were drinking a beer and smoking a cigarette.  No one was freaking out that they were drinking 'on the job' or while operating construction equipment.  Obviously, having a beer on break was considered commonplace so I am guessing that it didn't regularly result in death and mayhem.   My point is that, despite how even the non-religious among us might have our opinions and attitudes regarding alcohol influenced by the specters of Prohibition and Protestantism, I don't believe that 'demon alcohol' is going to invade my body, mind and spirit and cause me to start shooting up the place after only one beer any more than that evil gun in my pocket or holster is going to jump out and start shooting up the place all on its own.  Notice that, so far, no one who has answered the poll has indicated that carrying and having even one would be okay anywhere and everywhere - pretty much just at home.  Further, no one has indicated that they think it would be okay to be 'snockered' and carrying a gun.   Oh, and just something I found interesting, as an aside:   When I was in Mexico, the conversion rate was roughly 100 pesos per American dollar.  A Coca-Cola purchased at one of the little stores in town was about 90 pesos.  That La Boheme beer I bought was seventy-something pesos and the bottles were the same size.  So Coca-Cola was more expensive than beer.

that is one hell of a sentence.