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Or, once Zimmerman showed the gun he was, more likely than not, going to get punched.
Point is...nobody knows which happened first.
Martin could have been scared to death of the stranger with the gun and fighting for his life. Only Zimmerman knows.
Not exactly "what happened." But this is where the prosecutor is always at a disadvantage. He can put the puzzle pieces together, but there's always some that are missing. Jurors will decide in those cases.
With recent developments breaking in favor of Zimmerman this prosecution is looking pretty thin.