Some poster here, I forget who, speculated that Trayvon may have effectively "pulled the trigger" by trying to pull the gun away from Zimmerman's hand.
It may be that Zimmerman didn't intend to fire a shot, at all. But when faced with loss of possession of his gun, well, I'm sure his state of mind changed!
That is very possible. If someone grabs for your gun it would be instinctual to try to grab it first and in the normal fashion of drawing it by the grip. Not much other way to grab it from a holster. It would also be instinctual to put your finger on the trigger (and a darned good thing to do when under attack). If someone pulled it towards themselves ... bang!
Second topic of question is where did the information on Skittles and AZ Tea come from. Couldn't find it in any police report or news release. Was it you cboldt that brought it to my attention that tea = marijuana. Well, did bit of research: Skittle and AZ tea are both street names for drugs. Skittles = ecstasy and AZ tea = marijuana laced with PCP.
Some one from the area when we were looking at the relationship of the 7-11/community said area
was known for its drug use.
If the account that Zimmerman is alleged to have given to the police is true then he didn't pull his gun while following Martin. He didn't pull it when Martin confronted him and asked "you got a problem?" He didn't pull it when he was punched and knocked to the ground. He didn't pull it while being pummeled on the ground.
Only when Martin saw it in his waistband and threatened "you're going to die tonight" (however the threat was actually worded) and presumably tried to grab it did the gun leave the holster.
I would call that a lot of restraint on Zimmerman's part.