Does anyone think George Zimmerman is guilty of murder?

[El Kabong]

The gun just made things worse.

Or possibly saved Zimmerman's life. Whether you think he deserved it or not is another story but he did have a young man on top of him bashing his head into the curb. Had the story been "Latino man beaten by black teen finally taken off life support due to no brain activity" it would have been equally or more tragic.

Yes that's possible. Maybe Martin was going to beat him to death. However, listening to the tapes of Zimmerman crying for help when he was confronted also throws up the possibility that, if he wasn't carrying a gun in the first place he wouldn't have shown such bravado/confidence/arrogance in tracking Martin.

Therefore, the gun still causes a huge problem in this story. This whole tragic event only took place because a man had a gun. I assume Zimmerman felt great remorse for being forced to shoot someone dead.

He was sucker punched and following someone doesn't require a gun or weapon at all.

[Fenster]

The gun just made things worse.

Or possibly saved Zimmerman's life. Whether you think he deserved it or not is another story but he did have a young man on top of him bashing his head into the curb. Had the story been "Latino man beaten by black teen finally taken off life support due to no brain activity" it would have been equally or more tragic.

Yes that's possible. Maybe Martin was going to beat him to death. However, listening to the tapes of Zimmerman crying for help when he was confronted also throws up the possibility that, if he wasn't carrying a gun in the first place he wouldn't have shown such bravado/confidence/arrogance in tracking Martin.

Therefore, the gun still causes a huge problem in this story. This whole tragic event only took place because a man had a gun. I assume Zimmerman felt great remorse for being forced to shoot someone dead.

He was sucker punched and following someone doesn't require a gun or weapon at all.

If having the gun isn't relevant why carry it?

[VictorCharlie]

The gun just made things worse.

Or possibly saved Zimmerman's life. Whether you think he deserved it or not is another story but he did have a young man on top of him bashing his head into the curb. Had the story been "Latino man beaten by black teen finally taken off life support due to no brain activity" it would have been equally or more tragic.

Yes that's possible. Maybe Martin was going to beat him to death. However, listening to the tapes of Zimmerman crying for help when he was confronted also throws up the possibility that, if he wasn't carrying a gun in the first place he wouldn't have shown such bravado/confidence/arrogance in tracking Martin.

Therefore, the gun still causes a huge problem in this story. This whole tragic event only took place because a man had a gun. I assume Zimmerman felt great remorse for being forced to shoot someone dead.

He was sucker punched and following someone doesn't require a gun or weapon at all.

If having the gun isn't relevant why carry it?

Why not?