“it is surely legal to pound his head on the concrete, something which while damaging is a whole lot less likely to be lethal.”
Right. . .http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc_SgpyJWRY
Yup. . .much less lethal. . .so much better.
Once you have your head bashed in we all know the thug will quietly walk away. After all, we can trust him not to kill you.
You may bet your life that the thug won’t kill you once you have scrambled brains with permanent brain damage. . . I’d rather not.
Maybe Martin was trying to get Zimmerman’s gun. I would love to see the crime scene report.
I am speaking statistically. Fights with no weapon involved are much less lethal, statistically, than fights where a knife is present, which are less lethal than fights with a gun involved.
Why do people do concealed carry? Because a gun is more lethal than not having a gun. This doesn’t mean one cannot kill someone with his bare hands, it’s just that for most people it’s quite difficult to accomplish.