George Zimmerman to get his gun back, as lawyer says he has even "more reason" to need it now. Meanwhile protestors hit with rubber bullets fired by police. Update!

Courtesy of Mediaite:

George Zimmerman is about to get his gun back, and defense attorney Mark O’Mara says he has “even more reason” to carry it now that many are angry over his acquittal. 

Zimmerman’s Kel Tec 9 pistol will be returned to him, pending a decision about his concealed weapons permit. 

“Even more reason now, isn’t there?” O’Mara said, when asked by ABC News if ZImmerman was intending to rearm himself now that he is a free man. “There are a lot of people out there who actually hate him, though they shouldn’t.” 

Why? Why would this man even want to own a gun again?

And as for needing it now more than ever? Well that would indicate that Zimmerman has NO remorse and is ready and willing to take yet another life.

I guess now we simply wait until Zimmerman murders the next black teenager that makes him feel frightened. I wonder what his excuse will be THIS time?

Meantime last night protests broke out all over the country. Most were peaceful though a few got a little out of hand.

The police were quick to deal aggressively even with the peaceful ones.

Courtesy of NBC: 

NBC News reported that in New York City, thousands of demonstrators marched from Union Square to the tourist-heavy Times Square Sunday night, slowing and in some cases halting traffic. WNBC reported the area was gridlocked with people holding signs in support of Martin and calling Zimmerman’s acquittal a failure of the judicial system. 

In Los Angeles, the group of at least 200 was cleared from I-10 by about 7 p.m., when LAPD officers began firing rubber bullets, protesters said. Some of the first tweets showing photos of people on the freeway were posted shortly after 6 p.m. 

At least two major protests were held in Los Angeles, beginning about 4 p.m. - one at Martin Luther King Jr and Crenshaw boulevards and another in Leimert Park in South Los Angeles. 

Several people were also struck by bean bags in a shopping center near 10th Avenue and Washington Boulevard in Mid-City, said Jasmyne Cannick, who tweeted photos of the protesters and said she and an attorney were observing the rally. 

"They're in pain and I don't know what's going to happen to them," Cannick said. 

She said that protesters seemed confused and panicked once officers began firing the bean bags at them from multiple sides.

As I said some of the protests got heated, including in Oakland where there was some minor property destruction and at least one burnt flag.

Of course it was those latter incidents that were the focus of Right Wing reports, even though the aggressiveness paled in comparison to the property damage that often follows a disappointing loss or unexpected win of a city's favorite hockey or football team.

P.S. By the way THIS is what happens when a black man shoots a white teenager. 

I guess standing in his own house while confronted by an angry mob of white kids threatening his family is not reason enough not to fire his weapon. Gee, if only they had been black.

Update: Well it appears that one of the Zimmerman jurors wasted no time in trying to cash in.

I think I feel a little nauseous.