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Re: Zimmerman Medical Report Shows Broken Nose 

By: Riana in FFFT | Recommend this post (1)
Thu, 17 May 12 2:44 AM | 75 view(s)
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Joe,

After reading through the Florida Statutes (Title XLVI, Chapter 790 - Weapons and Firearms) http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm I cannot find any reference to it being a criminal act to carry a concealed weapon while on a neighborhood watch assignment. Can you point me in the right direction?

It's entirely possible, however, that the Neighborhood Watch program prohibits an individual from carrying a concealed weapon on watch, but they didn't include anything about it in their handbook http://www.sanfordfl.gov/investigation/docs/NWProgramHandbook.pdf . In any event, if the organization prohibits it (or 'recommends against it') that doesn't make it a crime.

As for Neighborhood Watch consisting of people looking out their windows and calling police, I think you are wrong. While a fair number of folks may do that, I know a lot of neighborhoods where folks walk their dogs, their children, etc., all the while keeping an eye out for anything out of the ordinary.

Admittedly, when George got out of his car, he was likely on his way to violating the Neighborhood Watch guidelines of not getting into a physical confrontation. But that is not a crime, either. A violation of a policy is not a crime.




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Re: Zimmerman Medical Report Shows Broken Nose
By: joe-taylor in FFFT
Wed, 16 May 12 5:45 PM 		Msg. 42025 of 65535

Decomposed!

It is against the law to carry a gun when on a neighborhood watch assignment! Only the police are allowed to do that sort of thing! There is a concealed carry law in Florida but it is specifically stated in Florida law that one cannot carry or use a weapon when engaged in the type of activity that George Zimmerman was engaged in. One of the basic hallmarks in police work is the presence of non conceiled weapons as a deterent to the commission of crimes and the establishment of police authority to use their weapons. George Zimmerman committed a crime when he first went after Trayvon Martin while carrying a weapon. When police officers discharge their weapons it is standard operating proceedure that there is a hearing after the use of the weapon and that they are usually placed on leave until it is determined that they used their weapon properly, particularly if it includes the taking of a life. None of this was done in the case of George Zimmerman. It took three days for the Martin family to even locate their sons body in a morgue after the killing occured. Police officers are very reluctant to draw or use their weapons and, in addition to that, they carry mace or other devices to subdue an assailant if they are attacked. Also, George Zimmerman was not trained in police work which is one of the reaons why he was not allowed to carry a weapon when engaged in neighborhood watch activities. Also, when police are called to an event such as what Zimmerman was engaged in they almost always come in pairs and try to stay in front of their squads so that their activities will be filmed if there is a problem. Traditional neighborhood watch activities do not include trailing a suspected person, they simply entail calling the police and reporting what they see. Most people engaged in neighborhood watch activities never leave their homes but simply keep a watch out their windows.

Joe

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