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Trayvon Martin Parents Relieved By Zimmerman Arrest

By SUZANNE GAMBOA and SONYA ROSS 04/11/12 08:01 PM ET AP

WASHINGTON -- Trayvon Martin's parents expressed relief Wednesday over a special prosecutor's decision to charge the man responsible for the 17-year-old's death. Martin's mother said if she could speak directly to George Zimmerman, she would allow him a chance to say he is sorry for what happened.

"I would probably give him an opportunity to apologize," Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, told The Associated Press in an interview. "I would probably ask him if there were another way that he could have settled the confrontation that he had with Trayvon, other than the way it ended, with Trayvon being shot."

Her voice trailed off, and tears welled in her eyes. She remained stoic, and expressed faith that the justice system would work as it should.

Martin's father, Tracy Martin, offered several questions that he would like to ask Zimmerman about the sequence of events that led up to Trayvon's death, but in the end he would want to know, "Was it really worth it?"

"The question I would really like to ask him is, if he could look into Trayvon's eyes and see how innocent he was, would he have then pulled the trigger? Or would he have just let him go on home?" Tracy Martin said.

The parents spoke in Washington shortly before special prosecutor Angela Corey announced in Florida that Zimmerman, 28, had been arrested on a second-degree murder charge in their son's Feb. 26 death. The parents and Trayvon's brother, Jahvaris Fulton, were attending a national conference convened by Al Sharpton's National Action Network.

They watched Corey's announcement on television in a room at the Washington Convention Center. As soon as Corey uttered the words "second-degree murder," Martin and Fulton grasped hands, and their attorney, Benjamin Crump, placed his hands over theirs. Fulton smiled slightly at the news.

"We wanted an arrest and we got it," Fulton said later during a brief appearance before reporters. "Thank you, Lord, thank you, Jesus."

Before the arrest, Fulton said: "That won't bring Trayvon back but at least that would give us reassurance that the justice system is working."

Zimmerman's shooting of the black teenager brought demands from black leaders for his arrest and set off a furious nationwide debate over race and self-defense that reached all the way to the White House. Zimmerman, whose father is white and whose mother is Hispanic, said the teenager attacked him, and he shot in self-defense. Martin's family argued Zimmerman was the aggressor.

They appealed for their supporters, as well as Zimmerman's supporters, to remain calm in response to the prosecutor's decision.

"We've always said that we want peaceful resolution, no matter what side you're on," Martin said.

"We don't want them to stop the protest and the rallies, we just want to make sure that they remain peaceful," Fulton said. "We're going through the process the right way, the proper way. We just ask that everybody that supports us do the same thing. Even the ones who don't support us, we want to make sure that they protest in a peaceful manner."

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  • Trayvon Martin Photos

    Benjamin Crump, attorney, for the family of the late Trayvon Martin, talks to the media after the release of 911 call at the Sanford City Hall on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Sanford, Fla. Martin, 17, was shot to death after being confronted by Sanford neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, 28, on February 26, 2012. Zimmerman told Sanford Police that he shot the unarmed black teenager in self-defense. Family members are calling for Zimmerman's arrest. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

  • Trayvon Martin Photos

    Benjamin Crump, attorney, for the family of the late Trayvon Martin, talks to the media after the release of 911 call at the Sanford City Hall on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Sanford, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

  • Trayvon Martin Photos

    Benjamin Crump, attorney, for the family of the late Trayvon Martin, talks to the media after the release of 911 call at the Sanford City Hall on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Sanford, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

  • Trayvon Martin Photos

    A memorial for the late Trayvon Martin sits at the neighborhood where he was shot on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Sanford, Fla. Martin, 17, was shot to death after being confronted by Sanford neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, 28, on February 26, 2012. Zimmerman, white, told Sanford Police that he shot the unarmed black teenager in self-defense. Family members are calling for Zimmerman's arrest. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

  • Trayvon Martin Photos

    Local historian and activist Francis Oliver adjusts a memorial she placed for the late Trayvon Martin at the neighborhood where he was shot on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Sanford, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

  • Trayvon Martin Photos

    Valera Pinkard, of Orlando, Fla., holds a sign near a memorial for the late Trayvon Martin at the neighborhood where he was shot on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Sanford, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

  • Trayvon Martin Photos

    Sybrina Fulton, mother, of the late Trayvon Martin, addresses the media with Martin's father Tracy Martin, left, on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Orlando, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

  • Trayvon Martin Photos

    Sybrina Fulton, mother, of the late Trayvon Martin, left, hugs Selma Mora Lamilla, after addressing the media on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Orlando, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

  • Tracy Martin, father, of the late Trayvon Martin, addresses the media on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Orlando, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

  • Trayvon Martin Photos

    Benjamin Crump, attorney for the family of the late Trayvon Martin, addresses the media on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Orlando, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

  • Trayvon Martin Photos

    Tracy Martin, father, of the late Trayvon Martin, addresses the media on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Orlando, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

  • A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

    NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Supporters of Trayvon Martin rally in Union Square during a 'Million Hoodie March' in Manhattan on March 21, 2012 in New York City. Thousands of protesters turned out to demonstrate against the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain. The protesters marched through the streets after holding a large rally in Union Square. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

  • A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

    NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Supporters of Trayvon Martin rally in Union Square during a 'Million Hoodie March' in Manhattan on March 21, 2012 in New York City. Thousands of protesters turned out to demonstrate against the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain. The protesters marched through the streets after holding a large rally in Union Square. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

  • A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

    NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Supporters of Trayvon Martin rally in Union Square during a 'Million Hoodie March' in Manhattan on March 21, 2012 in New York City. Thousands of protesters turned out to demonstrate against the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain. The protesters marched through the streets after holding a large rally in Union Square. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

  • A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

    NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Supporters of Trayvon Martin rally in Union Square during a 'Million Hoodie March' in Manhattan on March 21, 2012 in New York City. Thousands of protesters turned out to demonstrate against the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain. The protesters marched through the streets after holding a large rally in Union Square. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

  • A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

    NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Supporters of Trayvon Martin rally in Union Square during a 'Million Hoodie March' in Manhattan on March 21, 2012 in New York City. Thousands of protesters turned out to demonstrate against the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain. The protesters marched through the streets after holding a large rally in Union Square. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

  • A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

    NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Supporters of Trayvon Martin rally in Union Square during a 'Million Hoodie March' in Manhattan on March 21, 2012 in New York City. Thousands of protesters turned out to demonstrate against the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain. The protesters marched through the streets after holding a large rally in Union Square. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

  • A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

    NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Supporters of Trayvon Martin block traffic as they march on W. 14th Street during a 'Million Hoodie March' in Manhattan on March 21, 2012 in New York City. Thousands of protesters turned out to demonstrate against the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain. The protesters took to the streets after holding a large rally in Union Square. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

  • A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

    NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Tracy Martin (L), and Sybrina Fulton, parents of slain teenager Trayvon Martin, address supporters at a Million Hoodies March on March 21, 2012 in New York City. Family members joined hundreds of protesters calling for justice in the killing of Trayvon Martin, 17, who was was pursued and shot on February 26 in Sanford, Florida by 'neighborhood watch' member George Zimmerman, reportedly because the teenager's hoodie made him look suspicious. Under Florida's 'Stand Your Ground' law, Zimmerman has not been charged with a crime in the shooting. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

  • A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

    NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Sybrina Fulton, mother of slain teenager Trayvon Martin, speaks at the Million Hoodies March on March 21, 2012 in New York City. The family members joined hundreds of protesters calling for justice in the killing of Trayvon Martin, 17, who was was pursued and shot on February 26 in Sanford, Florida by 'neighborhood watch' member George Zimmerman, reportedly because the teenager's hoodie made him look suspicious. Under Florida's 'Stand Your Ground' law, Zimmerman has not been charged with a crime in the shooting. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

  • Federal Government To Investigate Shooting Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin

    MIAMI, FL - MARCH 21: Protesters hold cans of ice tea and Skittles which is what the 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is reported to have been carrying when he was killed by neighborhood watch person, George Zimmerman on February 26 in Sanford, Florida, on March 21, 2012 in Miami, Florida. The Justice Department and the FBI opened an investigation into the death of the black teenager, and the local state attorney announced that he had asked a grand jury to investigate. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

  • Federal Government To Investigate Shooting Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin

    MIAMI, FL - MARCH 21: Protesters hold cans of ice tea and Skittles which is what the 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is reported to have been carrying when he was killed by neighborhood watch person, George Zimmerman on February 26 in Sanford, Florida, on March 21, 2012 in Miami, Florida. The Justice Department and the FBI opened an investigation into the death of the black teenager, and the local state attorney announced that he had asked a grand jury to investigate. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

  • Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

    SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: A reporter waits to broadcast at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

  • Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

    SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Protesters demonstrate at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

  • Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

    SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: People attend a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

  • Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

    SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Protesters demonstrate at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

  • Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

    SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: A protester holds a sign with pictures of George Zimmerman at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

  • Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

    SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Protesters demonstrate at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

  • Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

    SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Protesters demonstrate at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

  • Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

    SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Sanford resident Rodney Stokes carries his son Rodney Stokes Jr. on his shoulder at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

  • Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

    SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Protesters demonstrate at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

  • Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

    SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Protesters demonstrate at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

  • Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

    SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Rev. Al Sharpton (R) looks on at a rally with Tracy Martin (R), father of slain teenager Trayvon Martin, on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

  • Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

    SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Rev. Al Sharpton departs as media are reflected in a vehicle window at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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10:05 PM on 04/14/2012
You know I don't think that they are really crying over their son, it all seem phoney to me. I think that they just want money for this and are going in for the "HUll"
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ggeorgio1
11:42 PM on 04/14/2012
minnabra, You are filth!!!!!!
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Rhonda Geissinger
06:26 PM on 04/14/2012
This family, through their grief have shown nothing but class...I'd wager they would be the sort of family that if they ever got the chance to hear that apology, they would find it in their hearts to forgive...not FORGET...forgive...
When forgiveness is given it allows YOU to move on...RIP Trayvon
12:16 AM on 04/15/2012
thats why they sold exclusive footage to ABC of their son and his phone logs for a profit, right???
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joemensa3
04:39 PM on 04/14/2012
Sybrina is NOT ELAYED about anything hang to do with this whole matter... I know her personally and she is a wonderful woman who has expressed deep concern and sympathy for Zimmerman's family...she believes that this was just a whole big mess and that George did not intend to harm her son but it happened and she wanted the arrest so that the family could get to the bottom of just what really happened...she is a CLASS ACT through and through and would not and does not take joy in any of this...it is the media that this hyping all of this...and the race baiters...but is certainly is NOT my dear friend Sybrina
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gwendella11
06:40 AM on 04/14/2012
I'm sure elated won't be on her list of words anytime soon or ever again. Bless them I can't imagine the pain.
11:45 PM on 04/13/2012
Thank GOD this Can Be Finished RIP Trayvon
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Maleesa Paige
11:28 PM on 04/13/2012
i know this has been said over and over again....but no one is the "winner" in all this! i am sick of the media "trying" this case....let the justice system work...but of course it didn't work when Casey Anthony was on trial, but it's still the best system....i just want the media to "let it go" for a while and let Lady Justice work!!!
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roboslk
09:47 PM on 04/13/2012
No where in here do I see the quote Elated....What a stupid word to use....If they truly are "elated" shame on them...This is not a situation where anyone should be "elated"
12:08 PM on 04/14/2012
you need to re-read her post...this is what she said "I'm sure elated won't be on her list of words anytime soon or ever again"
12:11 PM on 04/14/2012
Sorry...I mis-read what you said.
circlewomen
Empty Equals Potentiality
09:01 PM on 04/13/2012
The are NOT elated! Get another word that is appropriate.
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joemensa3
08:49 PM on 04/13/2012
Sybrina is a class act...period. She is not allowing herself to be led around by the likes of Al Sharpton or Jesse jackson...good for her...stay true to yourself and your morals Sybrina
12:17 AM on 04/15/2012
selling exclusive footage to ABC for a profit is indeed a class act!
06:43 PM on 04/13/2012
i (a sojourner for justice) share your ebullient reaction per the definitive guilty verdict upon the head of George Zimmerman, whose incarceration hopefully gives him plenty of time to experience the pained anguish at the loss of Trayvon Martin!

although his penitential sentence will do nothing to restore the life of a promising young man, he will be forced to confront the absence of one loved by his immediate family, friends and relatives!

this veritable stranger also feels the repercussions of this fiendish fiery fury toward a feisty, friendly, fun-loving youth, whose abrupt cessation via firearms (for absolutely no reason whatsoever) also felt livid with rage when the supposed law enforcement agency blithely turned askance from obvious racial wrath!

yes, this american justice system often presents a charade, facade, mockery, and travesty of representative fairness, yet this turn of events (re::the shackles placed on said criminal) does bring even a mite bit bliss!

thank you mucho judges, jury, and previously jeering masses of moral majority for helping turn the tide so future lives sacrificed at the alter from the barrel of a gun!

matthew scott
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davidram43
09:56 PM on 04/13/2012
Thanks for the vocabulary demonstration. I move for a limit on words.
Antifish
I see Blue and Red sheeple.
12:05 AM on 04/14/2012
Bet I could have said all that in 100 words or less.
05:40 PM on 04/13/2012
So THIS is what america has come to, i sure hope my generation fixes it
10:07 PM on 04/14/2012
the cyber medium forces at large rein in the vicious blood stained hand of george zimmerman, whose fate sealed within the four walls of penitentiary whereby he cannot even escape the hounds of hell that hopefully harass his every cell!

no, i do not consider myself a malicious person only riddled with a intent to read the unanimous charge of guilt, which perchance brewed within the person who nearly go away with murder for snuffing out the life of trayvon martin now forced to spend untold years behind bars!

even if the conviction of consigned to death row reduced to life sentence, the kith and kin of one life cut way to short will never be reclaimed, yet knowing that the wheels of justice turned this racially motivated hate crime (at least presumed by this cogent citizen banker), i utter hooray!

from::ma hot ma goon d
whose underdog status imbues me
with a sense oof glee!
10:43 PM on 04/14/2012
It was called self defince. i think we need to MOVE ON from this stupid case, yes its sad hes dead. but think this, if zimerman was black, we'd never hear of this. ever. So just drop it and move on.
12:19 AM on 04/15/2012
where is the outrage for the other black teens shot and killed by other black teens in FL since the zimmerman incident? why only the outrage over this? why not outrage over others? why are they not important and tray-vawn is?
03:43 PM on 04/13/2012
this injustice does not only need to be voiced by the black community ...but with a national unified voice that racism,and injustice will no longer be tolerated. i believe zimmerman deserves a fair trail,but trayvon and all the other young men who dare to wear hoodies,ride or walk in thier own neighborhoods at night and do not have a police presence for them except to maybe be harassed deserve to have a voice as well .the police had a chance to save this young mans life ... but they blew it . whether they took what zimmerman was saying seriously or not,we might never know rip treyvan my daughter said you were her facebook friend to the martin family... i am so sorry for the loss of your son which did not have to happen,but God gives us all free will and i am sorry that it took your son to open our nations eyes to such flagrant injustice such as this i pray God gives you and all that knew and loved treyvon the peace that surpasses all understanding stay blessed
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03:40 PM on 04/13/2012
I THINK THE WORD "ELATED" IS INAPROPRIATE IN THIS CONTEXT. THEY ARE PROBABLY THANKFUL and pleased........BUT with the sadness of their sons death
i doubt that elation is likely to be one of their feelings
01:52 PM on 04/13/2012
Oooooooooooo....... I see quite a few angry losers posting trash here today. Perhaps they could attempt to try to make more sense and be constructive and not ruin the thread. Am I wishing for too much here?
01:42 PM on 04/13/2012
Go and read this...

http://hammerheadcombatsystems.org/2012/03/24/trayvon-martin-george-zimmerman/#comment-207

What we need to do as RESPONSIBLE gun owners and Concealed Carry License Holders to combat the type of behavior Mr. Zimmerman exhibited that night, as documented in the Sanford PD report. The bottom line is Zimmerman was within his legal means OWNING and CARRYING the weapon, but not how he USED the weapon. This I believe is a training and education issue that each individual concealed gun owner needs to address. We will reverse engineer this scenario and discuss in detail how we do that.
Firstly, let’s define Discretion from Webster’s:

ā€œQuality of being discreet; careful in speech and conduct; prudent, cautious.ā€

I am going to start out with a credo that was taught to me when I first started carrying a gun concealed. These three basics are taught to Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs) and security personnel worldwide. They are simple and easy to remember:

Avoidance: Stay Away from Stupid People and Stupid Places and DO NOT Start Fights (ā€œRambo Syndromeā€).
Deterrence: The act of detouring bad behavior
De-Escalation: If a fight starts, try to walk away at all cost from it and eat your pride, because if you have the only gun in the fight, on moral grounds alone, you are required to use more DISCRETION than the other guy because ultimately, you have the option of LETHAL FORCE if certain criteria are met.
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Sarat Borat
05:18 PM on 04/13/2012
I think you should try Russian roulette you i'll like it!!