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Take his guns away, already: Why the George Zimmermans are so protected
Salon ^ | September 12, 2013 | Katie McDonough, assistant editor

Posted on 09/12/2013 2:15:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

What exactly does it take for a man with domestic abuse complaints and a fatal shooting to lose access to weapons?

Exactly what happened on Monday between George Zimmerman and his estranged wife, Shellie, in Lake Mary, Fla., is still in doubt — but seeing the words “Zimmerman,” “gun” and “altercation” strung together once again has turned Zimmerman into a lightning rod for questions regarding gun violence and domestic abuse in the United States.

Based on the initial report, Shellie called the police that day claiming Zimmerman, brandishing his firearm, was threatening her, daring her to “step closer” to him. “I don’t know what he’s capable of. I’m really, really scared,” she told the emergency dispatcher. He violently destroyed her iPad, she said, allegedly cutting through the device with his pocketknife. He also apparently came to blows with her father, and allegedly exhibited the complete lack of self-control and dangerously poor judgment for which the public has come to know him.

But because Shellie changed her story only hours later — saying she never saw a firearm, and that she wouldn’t press charges — there was no domestic violence report filed. Absent that, the police didn’t pursue a warrant to search Zimmerman’s vehicle for the gun he may or may not have used to threaten Shellie.

Whether or not Zimmerman had a gun on him that day, one thing remains clear: The gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin may still be lawfully returned to him. And he is, according to recent reports, looking to buy more.

Which invites the question: What does a person have to do in this country to get a gun taken away? Or lose the right to a concealed carry permit?(continued)

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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Which invites the question: What does a person have to do in this country to get a gun taken away? Or lose the right to a concealed carry permit?

Aw, that's too easy. Like taking candy from a baby. Move to California.

21 posted on 09/12/2013 2:38:46 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (It's hard to accept the truth when the lies were exactly what you wanted to hear.)
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To: mountainlion

That’s a rhetorical question, right?


22 posted on 09/12/2013 2:38:51 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: JSteff

The account that seems to fit the police statements is that she called the police and told them he was raving with a gun when he did not have one. It makes you wonder if she was trying to get him killed while she is still the beneficiary on his life insurance.


23 posted on 09/12/2013 2:39:46 PM PDT by Ingtar (The NSA - "We're the only part of government who actually listens to the people.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I wonder what McDonough would say if I advocated licensing journalists, and then loosing the license when someone COMPLAINS of journalistic abuse?
24 posted on 09/12/2013 2:39:47 PM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

bump


25 posted on 09/12/2013 2:41:17 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: carriage_hill

That’s a rhetorical question, right?

Either that or sarcasm at liberals.


26 posted on 09/12/2013 2:42:13 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: mountainlion

“...sarcasm at liberals.”

I believe you on that.


27 posted on 09/12/2013 2:44:55 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

The Lake Mary police may not have to do that.

The police reports and surveillance tape of the incident are now public record that even the judge who granted her probation can see.

Any one of a half dozen things she did on Monday can result in a Probation Violation and nullification of her plea deal.


28 posted on 09/12/2013 2:46:02 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: G Larry

George was found Not Guilty in the Trayvon Martin shooting, and his heifer soon-to-be ex-wife lied to police about the incident the other day.

So why should he lose his Second Amendment rights, especially in light of the fact that hundreds, if not thousands of individuals have made death threats against him?

Katie, whoever the hell she is, is clueless.


29 posted on 09/12/2013 2:46:04 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms should be a chain of convenience stores.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Which invites the question: What does a person have to do in this country to get a gun taken away?

Answer to your question, Katie. Shoot you in cold blood.

Then a person will be disarmed, and if convicted, sent to prison, Katie...

Although, in some counties in TX, you being so stupid and delusional might get you shot Katie, and the shooter will probably go free. You know Katie, the "she needed killing" doctrine.

Sux doesn't, Katie.

5.56mm

30 posted on 09/12/2013 2:51:35 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: M Kehoe
Somebody stole my "it." I look for the perp later...

5.56mm

31 posted on 09/12/2013 2:53:10 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

There is no domestic violence, all charges were dropped.
Zimmerman acted in self defense, that’s is what the jury concluded, and he was acquitted.


32 posted on 09/12/2013 2:53:12 PM PDT by svcw (Stand or die)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Except, Missy McDonough, the soon-to-be ex wife admitted that the gun part was untrue.


33 posted on 09/12/2013 2:54:42 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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It was all over “the Money” Zimmerman got and she wanted a bigger piece of the pie. Alimony, that can get ugly.

Breaking up is hard to do ~


34 posted on 09/12/2013 2:56:09 PM PDT by imemyself
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To: Tupelo

“CONVICTION OF A CRIME”

But don’t you see, GZ has ALREADY been tried and convicted of the crime in the Court of Closed Minds. Facts be damned, the race baiters are going to make an example of GZ so nobody, nowhere, no time, will ever consider resisting being slammed repeatedly on a hard surface during the course of a beat-down.

And when did George Zimmerman get turned into Charles Bronson?


35 posted on 09/12/2013 2:57:14 PM PDT by alloysteel (Those who deny natural climate change are forever doomed to stupidity. AGW is a LIE.)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Thanks! It is always interesting to see how badly the liberals want to destroy him. Appreciate the ping.


36 posted on 09/12/2013 3:01:14 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (Yuri Bezmenov (KGB Defector) - "Kick The Communists Out of Your Govt. & Don't Accept Their Goodies.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
What exactly does it take for a man with domestic abuse complaints and a fatal shooting to lose access to weapons?

A conviction?

37 posted on 09/12/2013 3:04:08 PM PDT by Hugin
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
How many self serving, violence mongering, constitutionally ignorant articles can a “journalist” write before their 1st amendment rights are removed? Apparently it appears to be infinite.
38 posted on 09/12/2013 3:05:11 PM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: Hugin

Not in Mass. Have your wife tell the cops you slapped her...no more guns for you until after the trial.

I live in a nice fall foliage gulag.


39 posted on 09/12/2013 3:05:52 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who will watch the watchers?)
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To: Travis McGee

*like* ^


40 posted on 09/12/2013 3:06:25 PM PDT by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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