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In reply to the discussion: George Zimmerman: God Is The 'Only Judge That I Have To Answer To' [View all]Tommy_Carcetti
(44,587 posts)Zimmerman did claim that his head was stuck against the concrete anywhere from 10 to 30 times. That's why he said he shot Trayvon. Because he claims his head was bashed repeatedly into concrete, to the point where he was close to blacking out. Not that it struck concrete once or twice. Ten to thirty times.
The evidence did not support this assertion.
So regardless of whether or not you need to show that you have suffered a life threatening injury, Zimmerman's justification was that he did suffer a life threatening injury. Which was not actually true. He lied.
So if Zimmerman's head was not actually bashed into concrete 10-30 times, what then exactly caused Zimmerman to fear for his life? There would have to be something that justified him shooting Trayvon. So what was it?
And by the way, the way you are reading into the law creates quite the slippery slope. Under your argument, basically any type of physical contact could be grounds for use of deadly force because it could theoretically multiply and become life threatening down the road, even if not immediately life threatening. So under that scenario, any punch could be grounds for shooting someone. And that's the problem with these vaguely crafted self-defense laws specifically designed for gun owners.