[TigersEye]

The self-defense law in Georgia, for example, specifically states that the “aggressor” forfeits a presumptive claim of self defense unless he or she attempts to withdraw from continued combat and communicates this desire to withdraw to the opponent.

When someone is sitting on top of you pummeling you your options for withdrawal are pretty much limited to trying to wriggle your way out from under them which GZ said he tried to do. GZ was also yelling "help" at the top of his lungs which could easily be construed as communicating a desire to withdraw from the fight.

[riverdawg]

Yes, I agree that the GZ case bears no relation to the hypothetical scenario to which I was responding in my post. I was just making the point that the presumptive right to self defense is lost in many jurisdictions (even in Georgia which, like Florida, is a “stand your ground” state) by an “aggressor” (which GZ clearly was not under any reasonable interpretation) who does not subsequently attempt to withdraw from continued combat. This feature of the law is intended to prohibit precisely the type of “cowboy” behavior that gun-grabbers emphasize in their blanket opposition to “stand your ground” laws.