Perhaps I should expand on my comments in post #21 a bit.
At a gathering, a lawyer acquaintance of mine was asked about the Zimmerman trial. This guy is very, very pro-2A. Life Member of the NRA.
And I know for a fact that he carries whenever it’s legal to do so.
He said Zimmerman should have been found guilty. I almost fell over when I heard him say that! But then he explained.
He said that by Florida law you can only use lethal force when it’s probable that you will be killed by your assailant, or be badly injured by your assailant.
The old “I was in fear for my life” will not work, at least for civilians. More than just fear is needed. There must be a likelihood of death, or of severe injury.
And the lawyer said that even though Zimmerman was injured, there was no probability of death, or severe injury.
Don’t yell at me over this. I’m not sure I buy everything that the lawyer said. I’m just the messenger here.
So you’re saying the victim, as he’s being beaten, must accurately determine the probability of death or bad injury, and that his fear of such, as he’s being beaten, doesn’t matter?
I think your lawyer friend is full of it. Feed him to the gators.
Did the lawyer (who has likely never faced a threat) bother to explain how Zimmerman, getting his head bashed in, would know all this minutiae?
And you are peddling BS. Ask your lawyer friend, how should Zimmerman have reacted, wait until his higher level brain functions were impaired then shoot? How would anyone have a clue where the boundary was from injury to death/brain damage?
I think your lawyer friend should meet up with a thug in an alley and reassess.
LOL! Don't hire your friend to defend you. He obviously doesn't know crap about FL law.
Head wounds don’t count? Please.
I hope your lawyer friend has occasion to advance this theory of the case at a feminist convention, which will undoubtedly applaud his support for convicting George Zimmerman. He should then note that the same logic would apply to a women who is being beaten bloody by a rapist. He will get a chance to subject his theory to a personal field test.
The lawyer is a moron.
During the tussle, Martin had discovered that Zimmerman was armed and was determined to shoot him with his own gun. Instead, Zimmerman took out the trash.
Martin jumped Zimmerman, not the other way around.
I cannot underestimate the intelligence of the "lawyer".
You’re friend is an idiot that a) believes the media and b) did NOT watch the trial or pay attention the enormous amount of detail in and out of trial.
Right, because having your head bashed into a concrete curb is just a minor owie. Your buddy is full of it.
I think things change when your attacker tell you “ You’re going to die tonight”.
High probability of death after that.