It appears likely he never pulled the weapon out until he was being beaten about the head by Martin, while Zimmerman was on his back.
The preliminary report also noted Zimmerman was bleeding from the nose and back of his head and stated Zimmerman while being medically treated on scene stated, "I was yelling for someone to help, but no one would help me".
You could very well be right; I don’t know. Still, it doesn’t argue against my key point. Zimmerman DID allow the situation to get out of hand, to escalate way beyond what it should have.
I won’t claim to be the expert here on Neighborhood Watch procedures; far from it. All I know is....if you have a weapon strapped to your body and you go out to reconnoiter, guard, protect, watch, whatever you want to call it....be very, VERY careful. Keep your distance, use that cell phone, press 911 if necessary, and be prepared to protect yourself, others, etc. until the cops come...but do not deliberately insert yourself into a confrontation where someone could get killed.
Someone got killed here.