That is very true
They were the aggressors in this situation, Arbery was the victim and was the one who could use self defense in this situation. Just because the aggressors got what they were trying to dish out, doesn’t give them the right to use lethal self defense.
It would be like being on the street and someone mugged you and in the process you took out your gun and the mugger took out his gun and shot you first and killed you. The mugger can’t claim self defense because he was the initiator (the aggressor) in the confrontation.
Your scenario might be the most realistic comparison I’ve read so far.
These two need to go down and get the needle.