Person A: It’s common fucking sense. we’re defending a moron that
created a situation that led to the death of a possibly
innocent person. if he hadn’t followed martin, if he hadn’t
gotten out of his vehicle would this have happened?
Person B: Yeah, but you’re framing the events of the evening in
too short a frame. Oddball, I assume, goes everywhere
with his handgun concealed on his person. If he got
out of his car with his handgun, you’re making the
assumption that he started a confrontation
You can probably guess the context (hint: a high profile case in Florida). The important part to me is that this is a wonderful example of why you shouldn’t cause people to think of you as “the asshole with guns.” Me being considered generally a good guy has caused someone to use me as an example to show that the idea that a guy that carries is looking for trouble is a false assumption.
Of course, Person B still thinks that Zimmerman is guilty, but due to a bit more reasonable argument than “he got out of the car when the 911 operator told him not to.”