[USNBandit]

This guy compares an assassination and hanging with the Taliban to the plight of ordinary Americans against the feral portions of our society. Everyday citizens don't place themselves in danger and aren't targeted due to strange Jody Foster fantasies. They are targeted by predators who think they are weak. The equalizer doesn't have to be a gun, either. Almost all of these people have gone to great lengths to increase their protection against the feral class. Mr. Zimmerman was in his neighborhood watch and according to those neighbors was distributing new locks to the victims of break ins. The gun remains the last resort for these people in a desperate effort to survive.

A thrill seeking journalist who puts himself in the line of fire for a more impressive byline wouldn't understand that concept.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Plus, the neighborhood residents asked Mr. Zimmerman to form the neighborhood watch and to be its leader. Yet they still keep mouthing that "self-appointed" crap even though Reuters set them straight about a week ago. And where's the discussion of Mr. Zimmerman's African ancestry?