ZIMMERMAN TRIAL - MORNING, Day 12, Wednesday, July 10, 2013

[magical thyme]

229. My understanding is it takes only one finger to pull a trigger. Even toddlers seem to be offing

themselves these days right and left. People aim guns right into their own faces and shoot themselves all the time; my understanding is you put it in your mouth and aim upward toward the soft palate. If a toddler can point a gun at his or her own head and pull the trigger, then I expect Zimmerman can hold a gun in front of his face pointing away from himself and pull the trigger.

As to how I feel about self-defense with a gun, I expect a gun to be a last resort, and as last resort, I mean you don't go chasing after somebody walking down the street that you decide looks "suspicious" because you're tired of those "fucking goons" always getting away, get into a confrontation and when you find yourself on the losing end of things, pull out your gun and shoot them.

Zimmerman deliberately put himself into situation. He forced Martin into a fight for his life. He ignored his instructions as a neighborhood watch. He ignored the suggestion of the 911 operator. He ignored two opportunities to identify himself to Martin. He precipitated the confrontation. Zimmerman was looking for trouble; Martin was looking to get home and finish watching the game with his little brother. Imho, Zimmerman doesn't now get to claim self defense.

As it happens, my plan is when I sell my current home, I will get training and a gun because I live in a very rural area and plan to be even more rural. It takes a good 30 minutes for our part-time police to show up and last year a neighbor held a would-be burglar caught trying to climb in a window at gunpoint for that 30 minutes. I have had enough scary incidents in the past here to know I will be on my own and considered an easy target. But I don't expect to go hunting any "fucking goons" now or ever.