my take on Trayvon Martin's trial

Like many, we have been following this case for quite a while in our home state of Florida. I was one of the people who signed the petition to have Zimmerman arrested because I felt as if for too long there has been a divide in this country and anyone who shoots a kid who was unarmed needs to go through some sort of trial. Even with his not guilty verdict, I feel as if the nation just put Zimmerman on their own trial. If I assumed that every black child who looked like a "thug," had a grill, and smoked marijuana, was up to no good then I would have to leave my profession as I would be terribly biased. I've found that these kids are the first ones to say "sorry" and they are quite polite. I've never smoked a day in my life, and I don't drink but I will not make assumptions about anyone who does.  However, there is a factor of respect. Kids are people too. Black kids are people too!
It is scary when you don't know about someone and go on assumptions. Assumptions are scary and they can lead to death. This is what I think happened here. Yes there was profiling. I feel as if something needs to be done about the gun laws in this country. They need to be more stringent because too often, they are used for the true purpose for what they were made: to kill. Very often, innocent people are killed and yeah, they protect too...they protect the shooter.
I wonder, like a lot of people, if George Zimmerman did not have that gun on his person, would he have even approached Trayvon? You see, a gun puts one into a whole new ball game. If I were a kid in today's America, there are two things I would do in a situation like that. Well three. I could run, I could stay and speak with the person, or I could do what Trayvon did and get aggressive. I wouldn't blame any reaction. If you are a hot-headed kid, you would turn around and cuss the heck out of Zimmerman and probably beat the crap out of him for assuming you were up to no good when you were minding your own business. Let's not pretend. How would you react if someone suggested or accused you of something you weren't doing? When we are hurt about something, we can cry or we can react with anger. Now I don't blame Trayvon's reaction. We really don't give young people respect. I see it all the time. This kid made a grave mistake. He assumed that in today's world, because we live in a country that elected a black President and anyone could achieve their dreams, that somehow he was equal and that the stories of his parents and grandparents were buried in history. Not everyone shared his thought.