He did. There, I said it. I would've done exactly the same thing. Actually no. According to the defensive firearms training I've had, in that situation you're supposed to empty the magazine into someone attacking you at that range. At that range an attacker is too dangerous and must be stopped immediately. The very next blow from the attacker could kill or incapacitate you leading to your death. So there is no shoot, look/evaluate, maybe shoot again. As the instructor put it, at arms reach or less, empty the magazine into an attacker, then re-evaluate as you reload. But what the h*ll, what does he know - just an ex SEAL and current firearms instructor...
Or of a boy enjoying a cell phone conversation with a girl and not overly eager to return to where his sweet nothings might be overheard by his dad.
Aw, isn't that just so sweet - I think I got a cavity just reading it. Totally irrelevant. Martin was on top of Zimmerman, beating his skull into the concrete sidewalk. No matter how those two people came to be in that situation, that's where they were at. At that time Zimmerman's life was most certainly in danger. He had every right, every obligation to protect himself and respond with deadly force. End of story.
His gun jammed after the first shot.
>>I would’ve done exactly the same thing. Actually no. According to the defensive firearms training I’ve had, in that situation you’re supposed to empty the magazine into someone attacking you at that range.
From the reports I’ve seen, the chamber in Jorge’s Kel-Tec was empty. It seems quite likely Trayvon had a hand on the pistol when it was fired, which prevented the action cycling to load a new round. Thus, in this case, what you propose wasn’t possible. Fortunately for Jorge, that one shot stopped the threat. This is not a high-probability event with a pistol round, so he got lucky there, else his brains might have been scrambled on the sidewalk.
excellant post....I am going to keep the “its so sweet”...” think I got a cavity” line.ha.
I keep thinking what if that was me..how would I react?
But we are in Alice in wonderland now..God help us.