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Re: George Zimmerman Charged With 2nd Degree Murder in Trayvon Martin's Death - April 12th 2012, 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by dr2005 View Post
A non-lethal shot would have sufficed - and if Zimmerman was able to carry out a fatal shooting, his level of gun training would indicate he could also have done a non-lethal. Hence why intent comes into the equation.
I'm assuming you don't know anything about firearms, because you never administer a "non-lethal shot". It violates the most basic rule of firearm safety that you never aim a gun at something you do not intend to kill. That said, when pinned on the ground, you don't shoot with an intention to kill however, you shoot to stop. I think it go's along with that ridiculous mentality some people have who think police can shoot a gun out of a criminals hand.