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"Gorman wasn't responsibility-free. He willingly showed off his garden to Sallinger, and didn't keep his proclivities a secret from neighbors or the pro-marijuana crowd in general"

This is one of the dumbest statments i have ever heard.

That is like saying that if someone broke in my house and shot me for my big screen TV, I was partly at fault for showing it off to everyone.

Or if a store owner got shot it was part his fault for having money in the store.

The only reason you say that is because it was marijuana. if it was tomato plants would it have been partly his fault?

The fault lays with those that shot him and the goverment and the laws they they passed, that makes a weed in can grow in my backyard worth more than its weight in gold

no kidding. how dare you say that Ken Gorman was even partially responsible for his own murder. The ironic thing is that ken would have given the murderers what they wanted had they asked. People constantly asked ken for medical marijuana or money. He never refused.

Ken gave willingly whenever asked. Ken helped his relatives and patients pay their mortgages, car payments, provided loans with no expectation of repayment. He bought people groceries. I personally witnessed all of this.

Ken sold a LARGE amount of medical marijuana. Yet he lived with complete frugality. his house was small in one of the most inexpensive areas of denver. his car was cheap and unassuming. ken believed in what he did and he applied all his energies to achieving it.

I get a little sick to my stomach when I read that ken was somehow responsible for his own death. Ken was and his a hero for his cause. Ken was fearless too. each time his house was broken into he fought with the invaders while screaming "what are you doing?". ken was no coward. ken never backed down from what he thought was right. never

Don't get me wrong, Colin and Herb. I'm not suggesting that Ken Gorman should be blamed for his own murder. Clearly, the person or persons who committed the act bears that responsibility. But Colin, in your note, you point out that Gorman's home was invaded numerous times prior to his slaying -- something that was documented in a Denver Post article headlined "Danger Grew Along With Pot" that ran on the front page of the March 4 edition. Clearly, lots of people -- some benign, some apparently not -- knew that he had a treasure trove of marijuana in his home, thanks in part to growing lights so bright that they prompted complaints from neighbors, according to the Post. By letting so many folks know that a huge cache of this valuable commodity could be found inside his home, it seems to me that he was taking a risk. Am I wrong?

Talk to people that know him and not secondary sources.

http://www.highway60.com/mark/kengorman/ This site has some of my photos of Ken Gorman when I was a hemp activist in Colorado. There should probably be a Federal civil rights investigation into his murder. It is doubtful that the Denver Police are taking this case serioiusly. Miss you Ken.