Originally Posted By: thedoctor
What if Zimmerman didn't have a gun and Martin wound up beating him to death? Would you still be blaming Zimmerman for following Martin around?


I don't think that's a reasonable hypothetical. Zimmerman outweighed Martin for starters and by the looks of the video it wasn't all fat. Also while some conservatives have dug up anything and everything that could possibly make Martin look bad, they have yet to turn up any incidents where he attacked another person. (Zimmerman has though) Fights don't usually end with somebody being beaten to death. It does happen but what would have been Martin's motive for even attempting? This is where it gets into bad law protecting Zimmerman btw. It doesn't matter that Martin had no weapon or reason to actually beat somebody to death. All that really matters in Zimmermans case is that the gun owner felt that his life was threatened.

Fair play!