“...If you let your attacker beat you until it’s absolutely clear that he’s going to kill or do serious bodily harm to you then you won’t be in much shape to draw and use a weapon....”
Weren’t there reports (VERY short lived) that TM saw Z’s pistol and threatened to use it on Z? Or was that hairspray-headed newsreader fluffery?
No, that is correct. Zimmerman's brother and father have both said that George told them that and a Sanford police officer unofficially talked about George's statement to police and said that too. It's all hearsay for now until his statement, further testimony and forensic evidence is introduced in court (or otherwise released to the public) but that has been published as George's version of events.