There is something definitely wrong with George Zimmerman. The man isn’t thinking clearly.
His incident with Travon Martin shows bad judgment. The actions were shown in court to be not illegal, but were not wise either.
Then the incident with his wife… bringing his girlfriend with him to the house. Again, drastically unwise. And now with this girlfriend – pregnant girlfriend. Allegedly pointing a gun at her and throwing her out of her home while she’s on the phone with 911.
GZ has a problem with his decision making process. The part of the brain that does the Threat Assessment processing clearly isn’t working. Cost vs Benefit. Actions vs Accountability. None of that seems to be working in his head.
One incident (The Travon Martin one specifically) doesn’t legally effect the other… remember that GZ was found innocent by law. However there is the big picture that shows a pattern of poor judgment. Which will be used by the Anti-Gun Main Stream Media against gun owners. Poor judgment isn’t a felony on its own. If it was, 90% of Congress would be behind bars.
This is important because the media is branding GZ as the Self Defense Poster Boy. In the eyes of the Media, he is the example of the Stand Your Ground law and arguments are going to slide in that direction. Any self defense case that can be, will be compared to GZ. To counter that in the court of public opinion, either in conversations at work or online, you need to be armed with some truths and other examples… better examples.
Allow me to give you a source of good examples.
Lessons from an Armed America, by my good friends Mark Walters and Kathy Jackson. Cases of self defense, all documented, showing how guns save lives. Join the USCCA, get the Concealed Carry Magazine. Such stories are in every issue. Read them.
Also, watch the news and look at the cases where good triumphed over evil because Good was prepared and armed.
We can’t let the opposition use one guy as an example of how gun owners are… that we are all like GZ. We need to show that WE are the Main Stream America. We are the norm. When GZ comes up, turn the conversation to another example of Self Defense in the right.