This is what comes of allowing citizens to tote guns.
I was waiting for that to come flying in out of left field; took longer than I expected , really. There might be some basis for it, if this actually turns out to be a bad shooting (even though statistics nationwide indicate that those are pretty rare with CWP holders). The thing is, George, that in spite of a lot of wild accusations and speculations from BOTH sides of this case, we still do not KNOW 9as opposed to conjecturing)exactly WHAT happened, and so we do not know whether this was lawful self-defense under FL law, or an unjustified homicideWe get all kinds of speculation, but when I ask a straight question about which agency investigated what, and what evidence they uncovered, the silence is deafening. I don't know why; police responded to the incident so, there was either no investigation, a botched or incomplete investigation, or an investigation that amounted to a deliberate cover-up. There have been allegations here of all three-well, which was it? Many accusations and innuendoes, but no factsI still cannot determine from the reports I've seen, whether the local police have some evidence, no evidence, or evidence they refuse to release.
What I hope to see whoever is in charge there now do, is an honest review and investigation, (as opposed to a politically motivated cover-up, or a media-driven lynching) so that we can have a clear picture of what the real facts in this case actually are. What I mostly see here, is a bunch of people making suppositions based on incomplete information , and aimed at promoting their own point of view of the incident. A few, on both sides, want simply to get at the truth, whatever it is; the rest want to grind a political axe , which strikes me as a piss-poor use of a tragedy; and a tragedy is what this is, whether it was self-defense, or unjustified homicide. The tragedy is that an unarmed kid is dead;now it's up to the investigative and judicial process to administer justice; but doing that, the American way, requires that we know the facts that led to his death. Exchanging accusations, and suggestions of retribution outside of the judicial process, or without due regard for evidence and procedure suggests more desire for retribution, than for justice under the law for BOTH the shooter and the victim. I don't know who is worse here, those who want to blow this off without further ado, or those who seem to want a media lynching, or worse. Looks to me, like most people have already closed their minds on this one,one way or the other. Fine. I think I'm done with this.
