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successfully defended then neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman and his second degree murder trial. for the deadly shooting of trayvon martin, the unarmed 17 year old was walking home from the convenience store in 2012 when he was killed. mark do you believe any of these recent shootings in new york in texas and missouri are within the boundaries of reasonable self defense? well, and that s just the thing. the only china you re about to use deadly force, and that s what was used in all three of these cases is if you are in reasonable fear of imminent great bodily injury, layman s terms it has to be something that could kill you, and it has to be right away right now. and when you look at any of these three cases, it s really concerning that any of the shooters could suggest that they were in reasonable fear of any injury, not to mention great bodily injury, which is the only standard by which you can use them before us. we hear a lot about stand your ground laws or the castle do