Erik88

There is a local station here covering the case daily. They have a few legal commentators discuss every afternoon and they were absolutely blown away by how stupid the State was today. The defense won big time today.   The lead investigator said that not only did she believe GZ was telling the truth, she also said she had basically nothing to charge him with. Another cop(different investigator?) said he felt outside pressure to charge GZ.   Every day that goes by looks better for GZ. Hell, the fact that the lead investigator believed his story tells me he is innocent. Correct me if I'm wrong but are cops not trained to detect lying? If they think GZ was telling the truth that says enough for me. 

The new Kalifornia carb regulations are very interesting/scary as well.   One of our carrier partners at work has already been fined $175K in CA. These new regulations will put the smaller guys out of business in CA.

It's actually been proven that it's more expensive to execute someone than imprison them.

  Haven't you heard? They don't need a weapon for that. Simply urinate or vomit and the bad guy will move on to another victim.

I don't have answers to you questions but I love my LCR in 38.   I wouldn't mind picking up a .357 LCR as well. I've shot one and it was quite a handful but definitely manageable.

  Yep.      Good riddance. 

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I'll be watching the verdict closely.

Do you think he's guilty of murder 2 or a lesser crime? Assuming he didn't start the fight I'm not sure what crime he could be guilty of. I copied the wrong quote. I meant to copy the one where you said he was guilty.

  But I bet my dinky Sport will do everything your fancy AR's do. With the exception of keeping dust off the bolt. ;)

Did anyone catch the testimony yesterday from the girlfriend? I just caught the highlights on the radio last night. Apparently Martin said he was being followed by "some creepy cracker". Cracker has never offended me but I just think it's ironic that he used that word after Zimmerman has been labeled as a racist this entire time.   Can you imagine if Zman called him a negro during the 911 call. Once again, love the double standard. 

Check gunbroker for the Sport. I've seen some killer deals lately. I paid $720 OTD for my Sport almost a year ago to the day. Great rifle.   The forward assist and dust cover are completely unnecessary. My brother did 2 tours in Iraq and confirmed the forward assist was never used. 

I have an honest question for Link, DaveS, and TMF. You guys seem to be somewhat sure that GZ is guilty but you've yet to say(unless I missed it) how exactly you think the events unfolded that night.   I was able to listen to a portion of live testimony yesterday but not all of it. Did they cover the wounds that Martin had? From what I heard previously, Martin's only wound was the gunshot, did they confirm this?   I'm just trying to understand what it would take for Zimmerman to be guilty and the only scenario I can come up with is that Zman followed Martin, assaulted him first, and then shot him after he started getting his ass kicked. If that's how it unfolded then I would absolutely say he deserves to be found guilty.   However, if Martin had zero wounds other than the gunshot it should be fairly obvious that it didn't go down that way.   Also, do you guys honestly think Zman would request police presence and then walk up and assault Martin? Surely he's not THAT stupid.    So I will ask you guys, what am I missing? We already know that following someone is not a crime but I missed the part yesterday that explained whether or not he was actually following him.   Help me out here.

  Dave, this is an honest question because nothing is coming to mind. What exactly has GZ been caught lying about?    I realize his wife was charged with perjury about the money the raised. What am I missing about GZ?

I've had no problem ordering magazines. Ammo on the other hand is still non-existent. 

  I just think it's cute you said jokey poo... :wave:

I think you can order replacement keys from Streamlight. If I had an extra one I'd send it to you.    Give them a call though, it may not cost that much.

  And from what we know there were no other injuries to Martin other than the gunshot. It would be hard to argue Zman hit him first.

  So it all boils down to Zimmerman being a racist? I thought you all argued this case wasn't about race? When we tried to point out the fact that the only reason this case was covered by the media was because of the race of the two parties involved you guys said we were wrong. 

Interesting. I just closed on my house yesterday and will be in the market for a safe soon. 

Dave, you're killing me.

AR prices have come down dramatically. Do a search on Gun Broker and you will several S&W M&P Sport's for less than I paid a year ago. ~$600

I desperately want one of these,

Tell him thank you for his service.

Not a single death in El Paso? I find that hard to believe.