Zimmerman Verdict Weakens US Military Preparedness

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Monday July 15, 2013 · 9:05 AM PDT

2013/07/15 · 09:05

A study done in 1980 found that Blacks were less likely to join the US military than Whites from 1940 -1973. In fact in 1940 Blacks made up only 1% of the US military. It does not take a study or great deal of imagination to figure out why this was the case.

The percentage of Blacks in the military reached a high of 28% in 1979 and was around 24% in 2000. By 2006 the number had dropped to 13%. This number was back up to 17% in 2010.

There appears to be some pretty wild fluctuations in the percentage of Blacks in the US military and these changes may correspond to how Blacks feel about their place in the country at a particular time.

Many military age Black people, including some enlisted now, may not feel very good about their place in the US now given this Zimmerman verdict and also the recent Supreme Court's Voting Rights act decision. The Zimmerman case has become a cause celebre.

I already heard two Trayvon Martin themed songs on the way to work this morning. We can expect to hear many Hip Hop songs dedicated to Trayvon in the coming weeks and months. There may be some anti-US songs also. The people who will be most affected by this coming new music will be military aged .

If "what is past is prologue" we could be at the beginning of another precipitous drop in Blacks who are willing to join or reenlist with the US military and if so someone will have to take their place on the battlefields.

Was George Zimmerman's nose injured by gun recoil?

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Wednesday July 10, 2013 · 8:26 PM PDT

2013/07/10 · 20:26

We have reached the end of the George Zimmerman trial and the most likely mode of injury to his face was not brought up during the trial.

Trayvon Martin was shot with a Kel Tech PF-9 9mm pistol. Presumably Zimmerman only handled the weapon awkwardly with one hand in close proximity to his face. Given this scenario, the gun's recoil would have given him a pretty good pop in the face.

The back of Zimmerman's head could have been injured only after he fired the gun and the gun recoil knocked his head back.

It is possible that Trayvon Martin never struck a blow but was only trying to get away from Zimmerman.

Painless Foolproof Gun Control

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Saturday December 15, 2012 · 8:29 PM PST

2012/12/15 · 20:29

This country has tens of millions of guns so since we can not get rid of them all there needs to be a painless way to control them. Many if not most recent mass shootings have been committed with legally purchased guns. A lot of street crime is committed with guns purchased by straw buyers at gun shops.

The technology already exists that would allow for foolproof gun management.

All guns should be required to have tracking devices installed similar to what is used in telephones. This could be done at the point of manufacture, or even at gun shops and police departments.

You should not be allowed to buy bullets if you could not show that your weapon has the tracking device installed. Penalties could be stiffened not for gun ownership but only for those who refuse to have the weapons modified.

If weapons are tracked near a school, mall, bank, (or even if the tracking device is tampered with), there could be a rapid police response far before any incident takes place.

If you are only storing your weapons for game hunting or self defense then you should have no fear of having a tracking device installed because criminals and wildlife should not be able to track your guns. If you are storing guns to defend yourself from "tyrants" then you may as well have your tracking devices installed too because chances are the "tyrants" know where you live and that you own guns.

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