Martin/Zimmerman TRIED BY MEDIA

An excerpt from the book Oregon Concealed,

The Best Defense - Use of Deadly Force

"There is wisdom in remembering for the Zimmerman/Martin scenarios of the world a full gathering of the facts helps in making a determination of which side of the fence we personally really want to be on; that is, if we want to be on the fence at all.

There is another layer of added wisdom in remembering and understanding that if we are involved in a shooting, the first words out of our mouths should be, “I feared for my life.” The second group of words out of our mouths should be, “I want an attorney.”

But the real question for us, for you and for me is whether we would want to be ultimately tried by a group of our peers, 12 persons charged with some of the most serious decision-making who will be allowed to hear all of the facts in an environment designed to protect our rights as well as the alleged victims; or the alternative?

And here is what the alternative really is: In the event of a handgun discharge where you are the person who pulled the trigger, do you want to be tried in the media and by the media? Do you want to be tried by popular vote? Do you want your life torn apart by the evidence gatherers called “news” reporters? Do you want to be tried by public opinion where you are painted by the broad black (as it is used here I mean the color of the paint, not the skin) brush of political correctness? Lest you misunderstand the core of these questions, do you want to run the risk of being found guilty by a prosecutor, a judge, and a jury who’s true goal and ambition is to financially survive in the face of their challenge by the new digital social and news media?

The same question presented in a simpler format: Given a choice of only one of two allowed possibilities: Do you want to be tried by a media organization who’s true motive is to sell news or do you want to be tried by a system designed to protect your individual rights?

How does the Martin/Zimmerman happenings relate to you? If you are the one who becomes involved in a deadly force defensive shooting, it could ultimately mean you being tried by the press, and/or the current political machine of “correctness” notwithstanding whatever the true facts may be."

Copywrite in Don Leach, Attorney, 2012; Oregon Concealed - The Best Defense - Use of Deadly Force: I have written a practical easy to read how to book  helping those who carry concealed understand the legal world of a defensive contact and dealing with enforcement. It will be available in July, 2012 at the oregonconcealed.com web site.