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Originally Posted by Rochard
I own firearms myself, handguns and assault rifles. Americans have the right to own firearms.
The problem is anyone can get a firearm. Zimmerman is a great example - he was charged with assaulting a police office (the charge was dropped in court because he agreed to take an anger management class), and at one point he had a restraining order against him filed by his ex-wife. How was he allowed to be the neighborhood watch if had a restraining order against him, no less own a firearm?
As for the armed neighbor watches, I never knew there was such a thing. It stuns me to think that we arm civilians, don't train them, and tell them to "go look for potential criminals". We have a volunteer police force here in town - with 45 members! - they are unarmed and require twenty hours of training.
I'm not trolling. I just think this is utterly stupid. There is just way too many inconsistencies with his story. Martin took off running, and according to his video the day after Zimmerman says he "got out of his truck to look for the street name"? Then he says his head was banged on the concrete 25-30 times yet all he has is two small cuts that doesn't require any medical attention?
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Yes. While it's not for certain and none of us really knows let's be real. Zimmerman sounds like an overzealous Dirty Harry type who wanted to take his neighborhood back from scumbags. We all know this is likely. He probably was following Martin and he probably did confront him in some way. It's also very likely that he overstepped and tried to use his weapon in some way as a way of threatening him. He seems like the type who is into authority and if you disrespect that, it naturally pisses him off. Call it a psychological profile if you will.
I bet somehow they got into a physical confrontation and Martin began kicking his ass and was getting the better of it. Zimmerman felt his life was in danger and shot him in self defense. He had no idea that Martin was just an unarmed kid who had a right to be there. And Martin had no idea Zimmerman was on the neighborhood watch and was an overzealous type.
Zimmerman then made up parts of the story in order to make it look better for him after the fact. He did not want to get charged with murder. He realized that in the initial confrontation he did not act completely innocently. He also realized that his shooting Martin was questionable. So he came up with the things like how Martin said "you are going to die tonight". He also made sure to make it seem as if he wasn't looking to confront Martin.
Is there proof? Do I really know? No. But it seems more likely to me than Zimmerman's account. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle.