“I don’t find it shaky at all. Zimmerman’s jacket slides back, exposing the gun, they both reach for it, a tussle ensues and Zimmerman wins. Not hard to imagine at all.”
The more I think about this the more questions I have. I assume the gun was in a waistband holster at or behind the hip. There is a guy mounted MMA style across his chest, stomach or waist. In any case Martin’s knees or legs would be covering Zim’s waist/gun. How would Marthin see the gun? How could Zim draw? Especially when someone is punching his face.
“I said ‘Help me. Help me. He's killing me,’” Zimmerman said. He then told the police investigator that Martin replied: “You're going to die tonight.”
Zimmerman said he struggled with Martin. As they fought, Zimmerman said his clothes were pushed up enough to show his gun. Zimmerman said he thought Martin was reaching for the weapon so the neighborhood watch volunteer said he shot Martin.
“You got me,” the teenager said, Zimmerman told the officer.”
Whether or not Martin actually reached or the gun, or lunged but didn't touch it, or whatever, is immaterial. Zimmerman was threatened with death, thought Martin was going for the gun, and defended himself. I'm not going to lose sleep over the mechanics of the scuffle.