Killing a man is not much fun. My Dad, who served in the Pacific in World War II, never got over the Japanese he killed. He carried a Thompson and killed up close and personal. It haunted his dreams all of his life.
My granddad came back from Europe a rock solid practicing Christian and stayed that way the rest of his life.
God bless your Dad. He and millions of others sacrificed so much.
From Unforgiven:
The Schofield Kid: [after killing a man for the first time] It don’t seem real... how he ain’t gonna never breathe again, ever... how he’s dead. And the other one too. All on account of pulling a trigger.
Will Munny: It’s a hell of a thing, killing a man. Take away all he’s got and all he’s ever gonna have.
The Schofield Kid: Yeah, well, I guess they had it coming.
Will Munny: We all got it coming, kid.
When I took my firearms safety course for my CPL, the instructor spent some time on that issue. The immediate reaction being the flood of adrenaline thru the body and the uncontrolable shaking it causes. Which in turn can cause crying.......
Killing a person in a situation like this will leave permanent psychological scars regardless if Mr. Zimmerman is found innocent, as he should be. He will forever be questioning his actions to the events of that night........and that's because he has a conscience.