George Zimmerman is back in the news again after allegedly pointing a shotgun at his girlfriend in her home in Florida. You may remember George, who was charged with the murder of Trayvon Martin and was found not guilty after using a strict “self defense” claim in court (and NOT any claim of standing his ground, despite the many media reports to that effect). According to CNN . . .
George Zimmerman was charged Monday with aggravated assault, domestic violence battery and criminal mischief, after an incident at his girlfriend’s home in central Florida, said Dennis Lemma, chief deputy with the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office.
Zimmerman, who was acquitted earlier this year of murdering teenager Trayvon Martin, was arrested Monday after he allegedly pointed a shotgun at his girlfriend, a spokesman for the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office said.
Zimmerman has been in the media multiple times recently as the media has hounded him since his acquittal, reporting on every parking ticket and traffic violation as Zimmerman tries to move on with his life after the media crucified him and the courts failed to find any scrap of evidence to support the wails of the public for his head on a platter.
Earlier this year Zimmerman was involved with a heated discussion with his ex-wife and police were called to the scene when the ex in question said that Zimmerman pointed a gun at them, only to find that Zimmerman didn’t even have a gun at the time and the ex-wife was simply pissed off and trying to hurt George. It is entirely possible that this new incident is in that same vein, a pissed off lover using George’s well-known past to try and hurt him, but we’ll reserve judgement until all the facts are known.
Needless to say, the mainstream media will be eating this up.
And remember that open carry is perfectly legal in Wisconsin. The deer gun season is going to open up this weekend, and for a full week, you will see men (mostly) dressed in orange walking around empty fields.
99 problems, and b*tches seem to be every single one of them.
Same with Herman Cain
This guy seriously needs to isolate himself. He is a walking target. He better start picking his friends… and family more carefully.
Funny how when something fairly typical in companies acquired by a private equity firm leads to conspiracy thoughts if the company being gutted involves firearms and/or new technology. I am proposing this as a probable explanation, which is supported by earlier firing of CEO. This is based on a lot of years having companies like these as clients. I propose that:
The Freedom Group determined that Tracking Point is not ready for prime time quite yet and that the Tracking Point company was structured and staffed for going to market more quickly than was wise. In other words, while they would make money eventually, they were going to loose a ton if it until then because their overhead and cost structure is based upon selling too many, too costly widgets than the market would support. The CEO, and possibly the CFO would have been part of this analysis and discussion. When the CEO balked at playing ball, he was fired (last week) and plans went ahead to streamline Tracking Point. Make no mistake, the market for $3-4,000 do dads is slim, even though demand within that small market segment may be high. That does not mean that there is sufficient potential sales to support a company the size of Tracking Point as of last week.
How can you tell is this is true? Find out if they will have gutted only sales, production, distribution, and accounting staff while keeping the engineering/product design people on. In this case, they are looking at a future product to be the money maker, not the current product. If the engineering and product design people were also let go, then Freedom Group picked up Tracking Point for its intellectual property, which they would probably expect to carry forward with engineers from Remington.
Just a proposed explanation, but so far it fits the available facts. YMMV
Ive been an unwitting witness to a few turbulent marriages back in my active duty days.When women wish to divorce, many of them stack the deck in their favor by trying to get the soon-to-be-ex husband locked up. By the time the authorities figure out the trumped up Domestic Violence /assault accusations are baloney, the ex wife’s cleaned out the bank accounts and changed the locks.
Husband gets out of jail to find himself penniless, homeless, and defenseless for life on account of losing his guns due to Lautenbergs BS law.
Love, loyalty, duty, patriotism, kindness, respect, generosity, responsibility, firearms and heroism rolled into one story.
Well Done!
We have a winner.
Damnit GZ, get your shit straight.
You bastard now you got me crying at work, gotta warn a guy.
I am starting to think these incidents are like the media frenzy with shark attacks a while back. The whole media industry is looking for the next Dorner, or Navy Yard Shooter. And now that people are looking egads! they see stuff that was always there that they never noticed before. As eyeballs wane, editors will start to ask why this incident is different or unusual compared to the last 12 and the media fascination will wane.
It also means Shannon Watts will have to do ever more crazy things to get attention. Personally I am waiting for the Mom’s Demand Action video. chicka bow wow
Personally, I think it’s like the late ’50’s when Smallville saw an inter-racial couple holding hands.
Guns are magical, or they aren’t. I consider them a tool, and a tool isn’t going to make society more polite. Safer? Eh. Makes ME feel safer when I’m carrying one, but I wouldn’t extend that to society. No more than me carrying a knife does…
I’m beginning to think those blows to the head via the sidewalk did more damage than initially believed.
Finally got to fondle one of these things yesterday. What a joke. Worst ergonomics and trigger I’ve ever experienced in a handgun.
Just a novelty to sell. I’d rather have an LCP.
Lets get a law passed that makes it illegal to “report” to police that someone is acting within the law (in this case – OC). The law should also include penalties such as fines attributed the “reporter” -the sum of which fines will be split equally between police dept. and the citizen acting within the law.
Yeah. getting your head pounded by concrete base in earth can really play havoc with the cerebral cortex.
Not to mention hounded by every living jack ass on the planet.
The man needs to make his way to Montana, we would probably give him a medal and free mansion in the mountains.
This guy is Posion to the Gun community since day one. Stating it’s a lady problem is BS. The guy is a nut bag. He should be in jail with the rest of the criminals. If he didn’t have so much pull from a judge father, we would have another situation. I’m floridian, CWP holder, 3%r, no one takes away my fkin guns including this scum.
Bullshit. Originally, I had a negative view of Zimmerman’s actions. But, I took time that I really didn’t have to watch that trial, minute by minute, on straight live feed. I missed none of it. Zimmerman did nothing wrong. You’re misplacing blame and ought to be ashamed of yourself.
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If you are from Florida, you would know that they are not CWP. Florida issues Concealed Weapon or Firearm License.
I’m sure he was just standing his ground. Stupid furniture should have known better than to attack him.
One of the FEW stories I’ve read lately that made me PROUD to be an American and to call winner for that fine example of the MARINES.
May God continue to watch your back.
Semper Fidelis.
“I guess the takeaway here is that you should always have a gun rug (or even an old blanket) handy when you transport your guns in crowded areas.”
Yes, nothing looks less suspicious than walking down the street with something gun-length wrapped in a blanket, hehe. Perhaps disassembling it and putting it in a backpack would work, that way you can easily reassemble it in a restroom somewhere. /sarc.
Then he would have probably been arrested for carrying a concealed weapon.
Kid who gets that upset over nothing probably wouldn’t even get it in before losing it…
Long gun transport laws haven’t changed in WI. A blanket doesn’t cut it. Of course he may have just left the case/sock with some sort of closure device (even a piece of string will suffice), in the vehicle. Still, a hunter walking down the street with a gun would only raise eyebrows in Madison and Milwaukee.
Heed this card-carrying union Democrat and future mass-murderer’s words well: this is,/b> exactly what gun control advocates want for us, and to do to us.
The number one killer of black youth… is black youth
A culture of paranoia from the federal government down. If the woman was raped, why does it matter if she knew the guy or not? Victims of date rape know their attackers (other than drug induced maybe), is marital rape still a crime, assuming they know who they are married to? If someone you know tries to kill you and you have to shoot them dead, is it murder because you knew them?……… { “Hi there jim bob, fancy you breaking into my house at 3 AM, gave me a fright. I would shoot you, but I know you, and that would be wrong. Yes, my wife is home, why do you ask? Oh, of course you can take a look at my gun, gee, it’s great to see someone I know in my living room this early. I can fix the door tomorrow sometime. Hey, how about coffee? Borrow my cell phone?, sure, oh yeah, by all means go wake the wife up, she will be thrilled to see you}.
Can’t fix stupid.
Can the author show me where I’m required to submit to a BGC and or obtain a permit to exercise any of the other rights as outlined in the “Bill of Rights”? That’s right, it’s not required period!! Yet….
No infringement period!!!
The guys at DSH are top-notch. Great place to get reloading gear and components.
It goes by the forensics. Let’s assume it went down as reported and that the attacker was on his way out. Then he was shot in the back or at least from an angle suggesting he was not resuming the attack? Huge assumptions here, I know, but given them, this sounds unjustified to me. I don’t want to re-victimize this woman by prosecuting her, but neither do I want to incentivize others to commit murder.
The law has lines, whether gray, blurry, bright, or fine, for a reason: to delineate actions which our society finds unacceptable. It’s a sweet, seductive siren song that begs us to take short cuts, look the other way, and make exceptions “just this one time.” It never works. It makes it right the way saltwater slakes thirst.
If the law is substantially similar to that of Texas, then you don’t get to shoot after the immediate danger has passed. There’s a truck driver in a Houston jail, awaiting trial for shooting a fleeing, empty-handed, would-be tire thief, after disrupting the theft in progress.
There’s a pharmacist sitting in an Oklahoma prison tonight, convicted of murder, for “finishing off” a robber whom he’d previously, righteously shot. So this woman’s problems may not be over.
Want that Unimog
I once had a…Discussion with a women whom was convinced that “bushwhackers” should be illegal. I tried like hell to tell her that her husbands deer rifle was far more lethal and painfully overpowered for the dear he was hunting, also that Bushwackers are a mixed drink famous in the Florida pan handle. yeah i couldn’t agree more being of similar age and occupation.
I for very selfish reasons hate that they won that damn football game. So many assholes soon after discovered what an amazing place NW NC is.
Anytime an individual discharges a firearm in public, it’s something big (serious). Regardless of police officer or regular Joe.
Sheep
It’s not mayors against illegal guns – it’s mayors for making guns illegal…
This article is ridiculous. They’re two different platforms. With two different philosophies governing them. As an offensive weapon a 1911 may not match a glock or other polymer gun. But as a defensive weapon it is amazing. When gun fighting was based on MARKSMENSHIP and stopping power ie hitting a bullseye and not pumping a million rounds into a silhouette as fast as you can like a factory floor robot and waiting for the smoke to clear to see if you killed something, the 45 calibre round was unmatched….My kimber and my beat up old Colt are great weapons. I’ve had no issues with them. I have polymer guns and 1911’s. two different tools for two different jobs.
Education never won a culture war. Teaching people about guns will sway the undecided, but the true believers — who hate us because of our culture — are beyond redemption.
They would prefer it if we were to disappear from the face of the Earth. Being a polite person, my response is, “After you.”
I thought the Damsel In Distress schtick was dead. N.O.W. would be so disappointed.
It will never be dead. It’s hard wired.
*yawn*
Ball State U. lmao.
Every time I see or hear the nauseatingly PC phrase ‘lock-down’ I simply substitute the correct term; imprisonment. I also encourage others to do the same. They usually look at me like I’m nuts.
Now that is a nice muzzle. If they can do something about the increased sound signature im in.
There’s a basic lack of critical thinking involved too.
The country has roughly 300M firearms. If they truly were as dangerous as the hoplophobes think, there would be blood in the streets and anarchy. The only honest conclusion is that guns aren’t as dangerous as hoplophobes think.
Yes, some people can overcome their fear by shooting with a friend, even if they never touch a gun again in their life. It never hurts to ask a hoplophobe if they want to try shooting. But the real problem is refusal to think for even five seconds.
Same as driving down the freeway at 5 or 10 over and coming across a wall of cars going below the speed limit. The unthinkers get pissy and anxious and tailgate and swap lanes. The thinkers figure there’s a reason for it, such as a cop running a break or just being a dick.
I’ll “stick” with M7 or M9 bayonet on my AR, thank you very much. However, that is a cool looking gizmo.
Great, just what we need. A muzzle thingy that goes up.
Many of these Taser deaths are actually deaths due to incompetent restraint by the police where the person is forced to comply with their own suffocation event. Review restraint asphyxia and demand a full review of the autopsy results in the context of the actual restraint technique itself. When one hears about “a struggle on the ground” or “trouble breathing” or a “scuffle” with the police that ends with a dead citizen, one must assume restraint asphyxia until proven otherwise.
A lot of you guys (as well as most commentors on the news articles) don’t seem to know what “allegedly” means.
Here’s a hint:
He also “allegedly” pulled a gun out on his ex-wife a couple months ago. It was found out that he actually didn’t and she just made that up. Not that the biased media was going to let everyone know that he actually didn’t pull a gun.
This man gets jumped by a piece of shit thug, his head bashed into the ground, and kills him in self-defense, then has every one and their mother hounding him. The media watching every little damn thing he does and plastering it all over the news. He killed someone, regardless of if it was deserved, he still killed someone. Not everyone has the iron nerves to be able to just handle that like it was nothing. Yeah, I’m sure he is going to be psychologically healthy.
Sigh.
I am an old man whose grandfather’s grandfather hunted and fished Watauga County and most of western NC, just as I have. Before society feminized so much manhood, I hardly knew a man who could not shoot fairly well, and almost every home had one or more guns that were used for hunting and self-protection. My great-grandfather was a county sheriff and he and his few deputies could not effectively patrol all of the ridges and hollars. He relied on men, and women, to make some effort to defend themselves, and most people did so gladly. They considered it their right, their privilege, and their duty to defend their families and their country. It had not been too long since they fought the British (and the Yankees), so they valued their freedoms and their safety highly.
We cannot slide blindly into the sucking whirlpool of political correctness that takes away our ability to defend ourselves as a nation and as individuals! We must not think that government tyrants cannot or will not ever take away our freedoms! They will try, and a sleeping and ignorant citizenry will not even know it is happening until it is too late to do anything about it but revolt when it wakes up. World history shows us that no nation is immune to tyranny by its own government, it whatever form it takes.
It encourages me to read the comments from the young men who have written above. Keep up the fight for the 2A. Enjoy your guns now for sporting and hunting, but keep in mind that someday, and possibly in the not-too-far distant future, you may need them again for your personal protection and for provision of meat for your tables just as my ancestors did in the beautiful wilderness of Appalachia.
If up-votes existed here, I’d give this one unreservedly.
: In what situation can you imagine that “stabbing someone with your pointy muzzle device” is going to be your best or only option? . . .”
It will come in VERY useful AFTER the badgemonkeys have everyone at the raid sight wrapped up
in cuffs and leg chains. THEN they can use this device the same way they use TASER devices….as
an effective interrogation tool. The Spanish Inquisition did not die, did not end and did not become less cruel…..it put on blue and a badge and moved to America.
“how many of them felt the legislative and judicial responses to gun violence have been effective. Not a single hand went up.”
Ahhh, so law makers and judges sitting on high, writing rules on paper, has had no impact on “gun violence”… BUT, writing it on a different piece of paper would. Got it. Thanks!
Funny, when you hate self defense and believe you CANNOT defend yourself (because you lack the skills and mind set to) how you think rules written on a piece of paper will somehow keep someone from doing harm to you or others.
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“But wait, there’s more! “CQB stands for “close quarters battle”, the spiked feature was designed specifically for the protection of military and law enforcement operators in a close quarters battle situation where less than lethal force may need to be applied to an enemy combatant. Extreme caution must be exercised when handling and installing this device as it is intended to cause bodily harm.”
OOOH, OOOH, I have a device just like that which fits on the end of my M-1 Garand – plus, it is removable for use as a can opener and kindling cutting tool. It’s called a BAYONET, and it definitely is useful in “close quarters battle situations.” So is the steel buttplate on the other end of the Garand.
Admittedly, there is a fine line between a lethal use of the bayonet and a “less than lethal” use, but I will guarantee that both ends of a Garand are intended to cause grave bodily harm. With or without ammo.