Saturday, July 20, 2013

Murder in the Name of Justice?

   You don't just pass out the right to kill, and say it is in the name of justice, or the name of law enforcement, or the name of gun rights. Or, any other name. Killing is wrong, whatever excuse you use.
   The nation is enraged, or many of us are, that George Zimmerman took another person's life and went scot free in the eyes of the law. Self defense, it was argued, gave him the right to protect himself.
   Self defense does give you the right to protect yourself, but does it give you the right to kill? People are upset because they look at what happened down there in Florida, and they cannot see justification for a killing, they cannot see how a jury would look at the facts and justify the life of Trayvon Martin being taken.
   Conjure up the name of self defense, if you will, to justify a murder. Many times, when you do, the act will remain murder.

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