[MrB]

One lesson to be taken from this situation (and I’m not siding against Zimmerman on this) -

if you’re carrying, don’t intentionally put yourself in a situation where you might have to shoot someone.

Another lesson - carry something less than lethal, like pepperspray or a tazer, so that it’s not “all or nothing” in defending yourself.

[Puppage]

Another lesson - carry something less than lethal, like pepperspray or a tazer

Ridiculous

[FlingWingFlyer]

Bingo. That’s exactly the same way I feel about it.

[Sans-Culotte]

One lesson to be taken from this situation (and I’m not siding against Zimmerman on this) - if you’re carrying, don’t intentionally put yourself in a situation where you might have to shoot someone. Another lesson - carry something less than lethal, like pepperspray or a tazer, so that it’s not “all or nothing” in defending yourself.

I carry, and the situation that (apparently) happened here is something we were taught to avoid om the Concealed Carry class. If Zimmerman was standing in his own front yard, he'd probably be in his rights if Trayvon attacked him and he shot him. From what we do know, Zimmerman exceeded his authority as a citizen and as a neighborhood watch member.

When I took my last class, we'd had a nationally publicized case in the Houston area in which a man called 9-11 after seeing some guys rob his neighbor's house (the neighbor was out of town). The 9-11 operator told him to stay put and wait for the cops. The guys said "I've gotta do something". He went out with his shotgun and killed the two perps; who were both illegal POS. There was a huge outcry, just like in the Zimmerman case. The guy was never charged, and Quannell X rallied his force of occupier types to the cause.

In our Concealed class, the instructor used that case as an example of what not to do. The guy's life was not in danger if he had not confronted the perps. He told us that even though the guy was not charged, he'd probably spend all the money he thought he was going to retire on to pay lawyers. Zimmerman did not follow your dictum of "if you’re carrying, don’t intentionally put yourself in a situation where you might have to shoot someone". That's what we were taught in the class.

[AAABEST]

Another lesson - carry something less than lethal, like pepperspray or a tazer, so that it’s not “all or nothing” in defending yourself.

That's a GREAT idea.

I'm going to go out and purchase a load-bearing-web-gear to carry all of my various levels of self defense items. I'd like one that doesn't clash with South Florida shorts and a t-shirt.

:)

[The KG9 Kid]

"... Another lesson - carry something less than lethal, like pepperspray or a tazer, so that it’s not “all or nothing” in defending yourself."

Mind your own business.

[Red in Blue PA]

Nonsense.

The last thing anyone needs in a life and death situation is one more decision to make. Carry lethal force but only reach for it when you are in imminent danger.

[Red in Blue PA]

Nonsense.

The last thing anyone needs in a life and death situation is one more decision to make. Carry lethal force but only reach for it when you are in imminent danger.