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To: combjelly who wrote (655686)	5/20/2012 7:07:50 PM
From: d[-_-]b	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579993

They don't have the training. That is counter-factual - Florida requires a training class which Zimmerman took before he could get a concealed carry permit. The whole point of a neighborhood watch is to watch and report to the police. Which is exactly what he was doing until he was violently assaulted and feared for his life. Being armed makes it more likely that the will get into situations where someone is going to die. That is not true - concealed guns do not cause assaults by criminals - but they can end them with a positive outcome for the victim. You seem to believe he should have just taken the beating for some strange reason. I know of no neighborhood watch that allows their watchmen to be armed. This community was not a chartered neighborhood watch group - so those rules (if real) don't apply.

To: combjelly who wrote (655686)	5/20/2012 8:44:32 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1579993

" watch and report to the police." As far as we know, that's what Zimmerman was doing up to the point he was attacked. Here from combjelly's hometown is a crime watch couple that were attacked even though they didn't leave their vehicle. They were lucky they weren't shot at. If they're going to not be scared away, they should probably arm themselves in the future. A couple who for years has patrolled the Avenues neighborhood of Beaumont fell victims to crime last night. Roberto Flores and his wife were in their marked pickup truck when the noticed possible drug dealing taking place outside a convenience store at the corner of Orange and Franklin Streets. They parked their pickup across the street. All of a sudden Flores says he heard a loud explosion. He says a teenager threw a five to six pound iron object through the pickup's back window. He says it looked like a large washer. It landed by him, and some of the shattered glass cut his wife's hand. Flores says he sees it as a warning from the neighborhood's criminal element for the couple to stay away. But Flores says he and his wife will not be scared away from protecting and serving their community setxhomepage.com