JazzAnarchy
I submit that a black kid in a white neighborhood is safer than the reverse.
There is a class of people now that I call ferals. Many are black. They speak a different language and might as well be from another planet. They shoot people regularly and guys like Zimmeran know to be cautious as a result. If there are four burglaries in your neighborhood and the bad guys are all identified as black youths then I imagine you are watching for black youths.
You may be amused to know this: When I first moved back to Atlanta in the 80s I moved (without knowing or caring) into a moving up Black middleclass neighborhood. Since my brother and I looked like thugs folks were a little reserved at first!
I didn't blame them.
As to Zimmerman - I'm reminded of an anecdote I heard repeatred for many years when I qualified for my various permits. "A big mean bad guy is standing across the street wtih a machete in his hand. You walk across the street and he attacks you."
Yes - you can shoot. But you'll wish you hadn't. There was no situation until you made it one.
That said I've heard so many conflicting stories and at least two admissions that the govt media was deliberately framing the case inaccurately to pursue an agenda. Not sure what to believe.
It pays to be armed these days but if you are, you have a double duty to avoid confilct.
Talbot
I submit that a black kid in a white neighborhood is safer than the reverse.
There is a class of people now that I call ferals. Many are black. They speak a different language and might as well be from another planet. They shoot people regularly and guys like Zimmeran know to be cautious as a result. If there are four burglaries in your neighborhood and the bad guys are all identified as black youths then I imagine you are watching for black youths.
You may be amused to know this: When I first moved back to Atlanta in the 80s I moved (without knowing or caring) into a moving up Black middleclass neighborhood. Since my brother and I looked like thugs folks were a little reserved at first!
I didn't blame them.
As to Zimmerman - I'm reminded of an anecdote I heard repeatred for many years when I qualified for my various permits. "A big mean bad guy is standing across the street wtih a machete in his hand. You walk across the street and he attacks you."
Yes - you can shoot. But you'll wish you hadn't. There was no situation until you made it one.
That said I've heard so many conflicting stories and at least two admissions that the govt media was deliberately framing the case inaccurately to pursue an agenda. Not sure what to believe.
It pays to be armed these days but if you are, you have a double duty to avoid confilct.
Talbot





