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Originally Posted by Makarov
This is my real complaint about the whole tragedy: untrained, unmonitored, self-appointed people arming themselves and patrolling their neighbourhoods for "suspicious behaviour" (i.e., outsiders) are very, very dangerous. This sort of behaviour should be strongly condemned and discouraged (in my opinion.)
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I don't disagree with you.
The bigger issue in this is gun control. When you have people carrying conceaeld weapons, relatively minor fights are going to turn into deadly situations. That's just a fact.
However, Zimmerman was not self-appointed. He volunteered for the watch yes, but the strata asked him to be the captain and set up the watch. Zimmerman also went through all training required for him to carry that gun.
As far as citizens acting as neighbourhood watchmen, Zimmerman was relatively well trained. He had a ton of experience being a watchmen, and had been one for several years before this incident. He had an educational background in criminal justice.
Read this:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...83O18H20120425