"Kurt Ullman" wrote in message
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Bill Kniess wrote:


It's all unknown at this time for sure. I think the shooting should
have been handled similar to a shooting by a policeman. They take
the gun, he is placed onpaid admin leave. A group of experts analyze
the incident, evidence, and testimony and then rule on the incident.
If it was a "good" shooting, the individual is re-armed and sent back
to duty - a "bad" shooting is referred to the prosecutor for further
scrutiny and charges if necessary.

It seems to have been... until the "activists" got involved.

The activists are usually invited in and don't invite themselves. Their
presence often serves to make sure things aren't swept too quickly under the
rug. Obviously they're effective because there are a number of agencies
looking into the shooting now, and there's potential for changes to the laws
as a result. So as much as some people hate them, they clearly have a
constituency and they are effective in focusing national attention on a
subject.

We don't appear to have too many mother here in AHR, but in the last couple
of days every mother I've run into is up in arms about the shooting. Black
or white, they wonder if *their* kid could get shot on a trip to the 7-11.
The race issue really is secondary to someone shooting a teenager and not
getting arrested.

The "media circus" is just how things work in America. A while back I can
recall certain politicians injecting themselves forcefully into another
death - brain-dead Terri Schiavo. There were protests, vigils, speeches,
etc. The media circus is as American as apple pie. The Scopes "monkey"
trial, the Lindbergh kidnapping and on and on and on. The SYG laws got
passed very quietly in many cases, so quietly that the comments at many of
the major news sites indicate people didn't know about them at all. Now,
they may be repealed or modified a lot more noisily than they were passed.

It's not just the right wing that does this, the left wing has been busy
quietly lobbying at the state level for gay marriage rights and other items
important to their agenda. As we've seen, that's a process that advances
and then retreats. I wouldn't be surprised if this case has a similar
effect on SYG laws. It's certainly focusing attention on CHL's,
neighborhood watches and racial profiling. I don't know of many burglars
who bring Skittles and ice tea along on their nefarious night walks. I
think this issue will alienate still more independent women and drive them
to the left.

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Bobby G.