Well, I won't back down!

I can stalk you all through a gated-community but I won't back down....

However, some are saying that Trayvon Martin should have backed down, should have run away. Those some are gun owners and those that lobby for them.

I promise you that I've had hundreds of conversations with gunners that lament 'the ol' days' when kids settled things with their fists instead of guns. These convos usually took place down south after a gang or school shooting had transpired. I don't live down there anymore so I can't say for sure but, I wonder if they are saying that now. Larry Pratt, a whore for a Second Amendment group- Gun Owners Of America- says that Trayvon should have backed down and run from the situation. He seems to be never minding that Trayvon was the victim, returning from a store where he purchased an Arizona Ice Tea and a bag of Skittles, and was stalked by a man with a gun, perhaps because he was a "fucking coon" and "they always get away..."

I don't know if Trayvon new his stalker had a gun. Haven't heard if Zimmerman said those magic words that concealed carry persons are supposed to say before they open fire: "I have a gun! You are putting me in fear for my life!" I don't know that those magic words are necessary in Florida anymore. It seems that the 17 year old black child, Trayvon, did tire of the large, adult following him and did confront him. Though Zimmerman had 100 pounds on him, the kid- doing nothing wrong- was likely pissed that this old guy was harassing him. My 17 year old self would have been. I would now too.

At this point though it's all 'he said/dead kids tell no tales'. And, of course, the Florida "Stand Your Ground" law that says that you, the gun owner are under no obligation to run if assaulted and that you may use deadly force, to protect your life. At this point, with a police investigation, Zimmerman has not been charged with any offense. He said he feared for his life, yada yada, and under that law, that is so far good enough.

And that's bullshit! There may be 100 cases where deadly force is necessary but there's nothing that shows me this was one of them. Nothing. Zimmerman called 911. He said he was following a suspicious person. The 911 operator told him NOT to follow, that police were on the way. Zimmerman muttered "fucking coon" under his breath and noted that "they always get away..."

With the police on their way, Zimmerman's duty as a Neighborhood Watch hero was done. All he needed to do was describe the alleged perp to the police and let them do their job. A little routine police work would have resulted  in the cops likely interviewing Trayvon and finding that he was a kid with no police record and no gang affiliation. Just a sweet tooth, like most kids have. Zimmerman, may already have been known to the locals as somewhat zealous citizen who often called police and confronted neighbors about garage doors left open...inviting thieves. Both parties would have gotten a talkin' to, I suppose. No charges, no blood. Birthdays in everyone's futures.

But, "the fucking coons...always get away..."

Zimmer, I am sure, thought the law gave him a free play at life-taking. Maybe it does? This fucking coon would not get away....

Zimmerman made it happen. The law let it happen. No law is perfect or idiot proof. Standing your ground though, is not following someone you feel is suspicious and forcing a deadly confrontation with them, one that could have been completely avoided by doing what Zimmerman did in the first place; calling 911. Take the gun out of the equation and you likely have a case where a grown man beat up a kid and the kid, over-matched, ran home to call the police. Battery charges against Zimmerman likely would have followed. You just don't go around beating up kids.

But, Trayvon is dead, having brought old fashioned fists to what he never dreamed would be a gun fight and George Zimmerman is alive and free.

The Second Amendment is alive but not so well. Lady Liberty and perhaps our founders are shedding tears. So, am I.