This gun thing......

This Traymon thing, it's got me. I mean, really got me.

Look, I support gun rights. The 2nd Amendment is there for a reason. The Founders had recently fought the War for Independence. They firmly believed that citizens needed the right to arm themselves. Both in the defense from invaders, and in the event government became tyrannical. So all the gun rights purists who DON'T read me......well they don't so it's all good.

Guns don't kill people. People kill people. We've heard it thousands of times - maybe hundreds. I just did a little mental math. It's probably hundreds. It's up there in the hundreds though. Pretty high in the hundreds I'd say, but that's a small point. Fact is the adage is pretty on the button. The problem is the message of the adage is missed. If the wild card in the equation is people, then the only conclusion any logical person can make is that: SOME PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO GUNS!!!!

The self-appointed captain of the the neighborhood watch takes it upon himself to patrol the neighborhood. That's fine I guess. It's what neighborhood watches do. This guy though, this guy was something else. He calls 911 - an emergency line - to report the presence of a "suspicious person." I'm sorry, is that what the emergency line is for? He follows the kid, tells the operator he's gonna follow him, even after the operator tells him not to. This fucking cowboy is the reason for the confrontation, not a teen with some skittles. Don't we all know someone like George Zimmerman: takes himself a little too seriously, wants to be a cop, but the cops you know think he's a fucking nut, and would probably snap and beat a suspect because "he knows."

Then there's the guy in Slinger. Drinking party next door. He calls the police with a noise complaint. Police come, and they don't get permission to enter the house. The don't have a warrant, or probably cause (complaint isn't probable cause), so they tell the guy they're gonna wait across the street till the owner (parents) get home. In the meantime, idiot teens, and early 20s being drunk, and dumb decide some are gonna make a break, One hides in this guys porch which is unlocked. Let's see, he's got a gun in his house, and he calls the cops, but he doesn't lock his porch. Not saying he's baiting someone, he's probably just dumb too. I mean, he hears a noise, but doesn't call the cops who are ACROSS THE STREET? So he looks in his porch, sees the guy between the fridge, and cabinet (or dresser). Guy moves. Homeowner shoots. Police finally are called buy homeowners wife. Shot guy, STILL BETWEEN THE FURNITURE AND FRIDGE.

That's the problem with "Stand Your Ground," the Florida law that allows you to use a gun outside of your home if you feel threatened, and the "Castle Doctrine" in Wisconsin that presumes self defense if a person uses deadly force in their home. It's all if you "feel" threatened. Clearly some people have no tolerance for threat, and just enough crazy to feel threatened by a teenager in a hoodie.

Some people should not have guns, and that's not a gun thing, that's a people thing, People kill people