Gladys: The moral of the story here, kids: Don't attack somebody who has a gun.

Also, don't bring a bag of skittles to a gun fight.


Drill Sergeant Joe B. Fricks Rules For A Gunfight

1.Forget about knives, bats and fists. Bring a gun. Preferably, bring at least two guns. Bring all of your friends who have guns. Bring four times the ammunition you think you could ever need.

2. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammunition is cheap - life is expensive. If you shoot inside, buckshot is your friend. A new wall is cheap - funerals are expensive

3. Only hits count. The only thing worse than a miss is a slow miss.

4. If your shooting stance is good, you're probably not moving fast enough or using cover correctly.

5. Move away from your attacker and go to cover. Distance is your friend. (Bulletproof cover and diagonal or lateral movement are preferred.)

6. If you can choose what to bring to a gunfight, bring a semi or full-automatic long gun and a friend with a long gun.

7. In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber, stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived.

8. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating, reloading, and running. Yell "Fire!" Why "Fire"? Cops will come with the Fire Department, sirens often scare off the bad guys, or at least cause then to lose concentration and will.... and who is going to summon help if you yell "Intruder," "Glock" or "Winchester?"

9. Accuracy is relative: most combat shooting standards will be more dependent on "pucker factor" than the inherent accuracy of the gun.

10. Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.

11. Stretch the rules. Always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.

12. Have a plan.

13. Have a back-up plan, because the first one won't work. "No battle plan ever survives 10 seconds past first contact with an enemy."

14. Use cover or concealment as much as possible, but remember, sheetrock walls and the like stop nothing but your pulse when bullets tear through them.

15. Flank your adversary when possible. Protect yours.

16. Don't drop your guard.

17. Always tactical load and threat scan 360 degrees. Practice reloading one-handed and off-hand shooting. That's how you live if hit in your "good" side.

18. Watch their hands. Hands kill. Smiles, frowns and other facial expressions don't (In God we trust. Everyone else keep your hands where I can see them.)

19. Decide NOW to always be aggressive ENOUGH, quickly ENOUGH.

20. The faster you finish the fight, the less shot you will get.

21. Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet if necessary, because they may want to kill you.

22. Be courteous to everyone, overly friendly to no one.

23. Your number one option for personal security is a lifelong commitment to avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation.

24. Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun, the caliber of which does not start with anything smaller than "4".

25. Use a gun that works EVERY TIME. "All skill is in vain when an Angel blows the powder from the flintlock of your musket." At a practice session, throw your gun into the mud, then make sure it still works. You can clean it later.

26. Practice shooting in the dark, with someone shouting at you, when out of breath, etc.

27. Regardless of whether justified of not, you will feel sad about killing another human being. It is better to be sad than to be room temperature.

28. The only thing you EVER say afterwards is, "He said he was going to kill me. I believed him. I'm sorry, Officer, but I'm very upset now. I can't say anything more. Please speak with my attorney."

And thus was spoken the name Zimmerman, and the trolls were called forth in their legions

s2s2s2: GGracie: Zimmerman has a wife - I did not know this... just read it in another article.

I hear he recently quit beating her.

Well, he did have to go to jail and I don't think he can have physical contact with her while he's in there :-p

Psychomancer: The little punk had no right to lay hands on Zimmerman regardless of being followed.

So you'd have no problem if I chase you around your neighborhood later on tonight? You wouldn't feel inclined to maybe "stand your ground" if you feared I was chasing you to try and harm you?

xsarien: How is the law on his side again? He was told not to approach the kid, he did so anyway, started shiat up, and it got to the point where he felt compelled to shoot his gun. All of this could've been avoided if Mr. I Want To Be A Hero actually had some common sense instead of ammo. Defending yourself against some random jackass who walks up to me flashing a gun is a rational thing to do; walking up to someone and flashing a gun for no reason other HAY GUY YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU LIVE HERE" and starting a fight is not.

Not listening to a 911 dispatcher isn't a crime. Even if it's entirely his fault that he's in the situation (and I believe that it is), he still may have been at the point where he felt his life was in danger. If he can convince a jury of that, he walks. I really don't think the prosecution can prove 2nd degree murder here.

cheyanne9: When does the movie come out?

Who plays who?

Zimmermang will be played by the dungeon albino from Princess Bride, and the actor playing Trayvon hasn't been born yet.

Headso: s2s2s2: Headso: People who don't understand gun safety say this stuff.

Oh, I don't like guns. Seems George handled his legally.

It is apparent from your comments that you are unfamiliar with them. You can do many things with a gun that are legal but unsafe and can cause a disaster.

For instance my 7mm rem mag. Its a real tack driver. Unfortunately it will drive the tacks through the wood and anything else behind it for up to a mile.

Pity Mr. Martin wasn't armed.