Zimmerman claims he was on his way to Target when he spotted Trayvon. So why did he need a gun?

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131. ok so looking over that article

______justifiable___With
______homicide____Firearm
2000____163_______X (They don't say if the rate changed to 80% in 2010)
2010____326_______260

Now during this time 7 states that banned concealed carry started allowing it and most of the 12 that were may issue states became shall issue states.

It stands to reason as more people get their CCW that the number of justifiable homicides would go up. What will never be known is how many of those people and others would not be here today had they not added their number to the justifiable homicide statistic.

Now during this same time period regular homicide went down by a number greater the justifiable homicide went up. Could it be that some people, in committing a justifiable homicide, moved a number from one column to the next. Were they actually justified...

What would be interesting number would be how many of justifiable homicides happened where the deceased was committing a felony. This would actually make these numbers much more useful. Without some reference point they are almost meaningless...

Articles like this use misleading references to statistics. It says "The rate of justifiable homicide tripled in Florida, according to the report". They do not give you a reference point. They don't mention that it went from 12 to 33. They also try to get the reader to infer that these were bad shots but do not go so far as to say so. It is mostly propaganda with just enough statistical information to get the gullible to agree with their point of view.

What percentage of these do you think are really justified?