Not Even a Toy Gun

For John, BLUF:  The "do gooders" would allow the criminals to rule the neighborhoods.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Headline from The International Herald Tribune:

In Zimmerman Case, Self-Defense Was Hard to Topple

Do you think the News Analyst, Lizette Alvarez (and her anonymous editors), want to destroy the concept of self-defense?  Would they make us sort of like England, where a home invasion met by the homeowner threatening the home invader with his or her child's toy gun is considered an offense on the part of the homeowner?  Or, is it just a careless Headline Writer, a group which apparently is accountable to no one?

UPDATE:  "Meet" to "met". Regards  —  Cliff