NRA Nonsense

Another popular bullshit line asks why should we bother passing laws – since the “bad guys” don’t bother with laws anyway. This sounds really savvy until you start to dig in. By that logic we shouldn’t outlaw murder either, because murderers don’t follow the law, right? But if it weren’t illegal, then we wouldn’t be able to put someone in jail for murdering someone. Right? And if we make owning automatic weapons illegal, we don’t have to wait until we catch you killing 49 people in a night club on a Saturday night. We can arrest you as soon as we see that you have in your possession a gun whose only use is to mow down dozens of people. This would of course prevent some number of murders by automatic weapon. NRA nonsense ☀

George Zimmerman: The Mind of a Cold Blooded Murderer

Taken from Pyschology Today:


"Let's analyze Zimmerman's mind-set: He mentioned to the 911 dispatcher that there had been several burglaries in the neighborhood, and NBCMiami confirmed that there were 8 burglaries within the last 15 months, and that most of those were by young black men.


Zimmerman had called 911, 46 times during those 15 months, one of them being on April 22, 2011 to report a suspicious 7 year old black boy. A 7 year old boy? Clearly Zimmerman's was paranoid, angry and perhaps fearful. When he saw a young black male walking with a hoodie, his mind associated this with the prior burglaries and immediately jumped to the conclusion "guilty!" At that point what is a "neighborhood watch captain" to do? Why, be the hero, of course.


This led him to follow Martin. When he sees something in his hand his pre-conditioned brain immediately thinks "weapon" and when the confrontation developed, Zimmerman, as a criminal justice major understood ‘stand your ground' and twisted this into a justification. Then as things escalated and a scuffle began, his mind racing with jumbled emotion, fear, anger and thinking he was in the right, he drew the gun and shot Martin.


Trayvon Martin's death is clearly a tragedy in every sense of the word but it has nothing to do with ‘Stand Your Ground', gun control or the second amendment. This is about psychology and badly warped judgment by a single individual. A perfect storm of events, misperceptions and, yes, prejudice.


In terms of preventing a recurrence in the future? Education would be the place to start. There is no law that would have prevented this—you can't legislate good judgment."


Zimmerman displays:


Poor conflict resolution
Anger Management
Racist Mindset
Poor Judgement
Paranoia
Poor Impulse Control
Able To Twist Gun Laws
Wanted to Kill for Years


May hate himself for being
gay and attracted to young
Black Males


Raised to view certain types of people as inferior


Does not feel safe without a gun even
though Zimmerman is big

Japan Gun Laws

Japan Gun Laws:


Those disqualified from possessing a gun according to Article 5 of the Law include
(1) a person less than 18 years of age (a talented athlete of age 14 years or over may be excepted);
(2) a person who has declared bankruptcy and the restrictions have not been removed;
(3) a person who has lost or may lose full mental ability through mental illness or specified health problems, or who has dementia;
(4) a person addicted to alcohol, narcotics, cannabis, opium, or stimulant drugs;
(5) a feebleminded person;
(6) a person without a fixed abode;
(7–11) a person whose license was revoked and a specified period has not elapsed;
(12) any person who has been sentenced to imprisonment and five years have not elapsed since his or her sentence was completed or remitted;
(13–14) a person who violated this Law or a related law and a specified period has not elapsed;
(15) a person who stalked another person and received a warning or restraining order;
(16) a person who behaved violently and received a restraining order under the Domestic Violence Prevention Law;
(17) a person who is recognized by the [Public Safety] Commission as one who has committed violent acts as a member of a group or repeatedly; and
(18) a person who can be reasonably expected to harm another’s life, body, or property, [be a threat to] public safety, or commit suicide.[39]
In addition, if a relative, including a de facto spouse, living with an applicant can be reasonably expected to pose a threat to the life or property of other persons or to public safety by using a gun or sword, the prefecture’s Public Safety Commission may not permit the possession of a gun or sword.[40] There are exceptions and additional restrictions.
In order to possess a hunting gun or air gun, one must attend classes, held by the prefecture’s Public Safety Commission, concerning the laws and regulations on possession of hunting or air guns and the methods of their use and safe storage.[41] In addition, in order to prevent a person without the skills to handle a gun from obtaining one,[42] the law requires an applicant for a gun-possession permit to take a skills test or complete shooting classes.[43] In the case of a rifle, permission for possession is not granted unless the person is a professional hunter; will use it to exterminate harmful animals and birds for the protection of his business; or has had a permit to possess a hunting gun for more than ten years.[44