Inthemiddle
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I know that I can scream and do other things, like run a chainsaw through a tree trunk, at the same time - done it. I imagine others can scream and do things at the same time, too.
How about you actually respond to what I said, instead of quoting me and giving a response that has nothing to do with what I said? I never said that one cannot yell and do something else at the same time. What I said is that if Zimmerman was under the kind of brutal attack that we would expect considering the kind of horrible screaming that was heard on the 911 tapes an alleged to be his, it's outright irrational to believe that, while under such brutal assault, he would have managed to pull out his gun. It's also irrational to believe that such a brutal assault left Zimmerman without more substantial injuries than what he's even claimed to have.
Show me the Florida law that indicates one loses a claim to stand their ground if they follow someone.
The problem here is that you don't have any understanding of the "stand your ground" doctrine as it has always been understood anywhere. Stand your ground has NEVER meant that a person has the right to CREATE a hostile situation, and then respond with deadly force. When you are the AGGRESSOR, self defense of any kind, including stand your ground, does not apply, by definition.
Please, show the LAW, not what someone else has written.
The statute I see, says no such thing (previously linked to numerous times, too, by me and others).
You've already posted the law, why should I do it again? Let's move on. Let's talk about legislative intent. In interpreting the law, the court will have to also take into account legislative intent. The theory you are proposing cannot be possible unless we are to believe that the intent of the legislature was to establish into law permission for people to create hostile situations, by which they could then become justified to kill another person who is themselves engaged in legitimate self defense. It's preposterous to believe that the legislature had such an intent. Therefore, the theory that you are proposing cannot be accepted.