POSTER BOY FOR GUN CONTROL (UPDATE)

Michael Dunn, convicted on three counts of attempted murder, damages efforts to preserve our Second Amendment rights

The jury in the trial for the murder of 17-year-old Jordan Davis consisted of 5 men and 7 women. 8 jurors were white, 2 were black, one was Hispanic and one was Asian. The jury deadlocked on the first-degree murder charge, but found Michael Dunn guilty on three counts of attempted second-degree murder for shooting at Davis' three companions.

Juror No. 4 has now come forward and told ABC News that nine of the 12 jurors wanted to convict Dunn of murder, but three jurors caused a deadlock because they were convinced he acted in self-defense. She said that from the get-go of their deliberations, they knew that they were not going to get a unanimous vote on the murder of 17-year-old Davis.

Although the nine jurors had some differences on the degree of murder, they all agreed Dunn had other options than to open gunfire on the SUV and its four teenage occupants. “The rest of us were 100 percent sure,” she said, “you didn't have to react [with gunfire], you could have had another option.” The nine jurors believed that Dunn could have rolled up his window, put his car in reverse, or simply ignored the loud music.

There was no disagreement among the 12 jurors about the three attempted murder charges. Dunn claimed that Davis pointed a shot gun at him but he never claimed that any of the other boys threatened him. After he shot Davis, the SUV started to drive off. When Dunn continued to fire at the SUV and its occupants, he clearly crossed the line between self-defense and attempted murder.

Dunn is a fucking liar! There never was a shotgun or any other type of gun. He should have stayed in his car and ignored the loud music or moved his car to another location in the convenience store parking lot. But he had a hatred for blacks as exemplified by the letter he sent his daughter from jail in which he wrote that more people should arm themselves and kill blacks and Hispanics because that might get them to change their 'thuggish' behavior.

The gun he was carrying, gave Dunn the courage to get out of his car and confront the four black teenagers. The loud music was merely an excuse for Dunn to vent his hatred against blacks. When they started arguing with him, he decided to put them in their place. If Dunn had been more accurate with the 10 shots he fired, all four would now be dead.

Under Florida law, Dunn will be at least 107 years old before he can walk out of prison. That is very good news because now he can no longer damage efforts to preserve our Second Amendment rights. Once again, thanks to Dunn, the anti-gunners and many supporters of our right to bear arms are demanding that the 'stand-your-ground' laws of Florida and 21 other states be repealed. It’s jerks like Dunn and Curtis Reeves, the retired Florida cop who killed a man in a movie theater during an argument over texting, that call into question why civilians should be issued concealed carry permits.