Bricker:
The ‘few months to a year’ in jail is a lot shorter than the time that Martin will be dead, which is FOREVER.
You want to carry a gun around, and have the ‘right’ to exercise mind-numbingly poor judgement that results in you shooting someone dead? Sorry dude, you absolutely should end up in court.
I don’t think he’s guilty of 2nd degree murder, but reckless homicide / manslaughter or some other charge? Abso-fucking-lutely. Either way, I still expect him to walk because of how skewed the law is (and how mind-blowingly bad the prosecution was <bangs head on table>).
So congratulations; he won’t spend the next 20 years in jail. I’m not going to lose a wink of sleep over any jail time he serves or any legal bills he has. Small price to pay for the ‘right’ to play wannabe-cop.
This seems to embody the same sort of attitude: I don’t care what the actual law says; because I am convinced of the wrongness of Zimmerman’s actions, I am willing to see the law ignored to impose some consequence on him, even acknowledging that the consequence is not mandated by the law.
Do you agree?
Your recap of the post you quoted bears little to no resemblance to the post you quoted. The analogy you are attempting to draw between this post and some of the objections people have with the law you are (shakily) advocating for is so tenuous as to be ethereal.