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Originally Posted by valo403
I think we know the way it works, at least most of us, what I'm saying is that I don't like it. If you initiate a confrontation while armed you should not get the benefit of pleading self defense when you kill someone with that weapon, or at the very least should have the onus put on you to prove the need to use deadly force, rather than being placed on the state.
And someone following you can certainly be responded to with physical violence in certain circumstances. You are not required to wait for someone to attack you.
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Once again, I'm going to question what you mean by initiate. The simple fact is no one, besides Zimmerman, knows what happened. If Zimmerman, the appointed captain of the neighbourhood watch on private property, is asking Martin what he is doing that does not give Martin the right to break Zimmerman's nose.
For all we know, much more could have gone on. Perhaps Zimmerman threatened, shoved, or punched Martin. The prosecution still has to prove that. Maybe Zimmerman did get away with murder; he's the only one who really knows.