According to the police report, a man charged with shooting at George Zimmerman last week had “a fixation” on the former neighborhood watch leader. TheAnd we are going to get blamed for this one report made public Tuesday also said 36-year-old Matthew Apperson had recently been admitted to a mental institution and had shown signs of paranoia, anxiety and bipolar disorder. Apperson’s attorney, Mark NeJame, didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment. NeJame claimed last week his client fired the gun in self-defense.
Source: Shooter was fixated on George Zimmerman, police report says | www.wftv.com
The Narrative will be centered on two things: Anybody can get a Florida Concealed Weapons Permit even crazy people and This would Not Have Happened If Doctors In Florida Were Allowed to Talk About Guns With Their Patients.
Mind you, there is nothing in the Florida Statutes that prohibits medical practitioners and specially those specializing in the treatment of mental diseases to act upon diagnosis, but that won’t be what will be published and loudly announced to the four winds.
Florida has a pretty decent set of laws regarding Mental Health patients, specially with the last tweaks done to ensure the rights of the patient to a fair hearing. If you feel like reading, check Florida Statutes 394.
Ed. – Please check the second/third sentence.
With the previous events, it sounded like Zimmerman had a stalker. The report appears to confirm it. Mr. Apperson was “had a fixation” on Zimmerman. I suppose the only reason Apperson did not act sooner was that George does not live in the state anymore, and was only in town for Mother’s Day.
Sure, now the anti-guns are going to be blaming us for the criminal activity of their own side.
Because only one of those psychos would have that kind of fixation with Zimmerman.
From reports I’ve seen, the guy who shot at George had previous history that would have made him a prohibited person. It’s not clear to me that he had a CCW or that he could legally even touch, let alone own, a gun.