Because, as I understand it, she went outside to her car to get the gun before returning inside the house. Once she left the scene of the altercation, she could not re-enter and still claim STG/self-defense. That’s why she was convicted.
good call ...
Exactly right. The analogy would be if Zimmerman escaped from Martin’s attack, returned to his truck, grabbed his gun, and then went back after Martin.
yeah, she became a willing participant at that point by re-engaging, and she also escalated it, and potential problems because she didn’t know what was behind the wall, if the kids were in the line of fire.