The very laws allowing the release of Mr. Zimmerman at the time of the killing are also on trial.
There are definitely issues of prejudice and race. And by prejudice there is a larger meaning. Can a person with a gun prejudice the soon to be victim to?
A gun is a powerful thing, are victims actually subjected to social prejudice when they are shot? What are those social prejudices and why do they exist?
All those will be part of this trial. They are legitimate parts of this trial. The gun rights advocates want the right to define the use of their guns no matter what their prejudices might be.
In other words, "I perceived that person as a threat (not even an eminent danger, but, a threat) to me and I shot them to end my perceived threat."
Gun advocates believe they are perfectly justified in that point of view. It is a very dangerous point of view and provides power to overshadow sincere justice. The justice turns to gun violence and not laws. We will be creating a society where laws sincerely do not matter and are simply words on a page if our society has to be armed to live our lives.
There is a lot here and not all will apply to the trial in it's context, but, more in a social context and those implications on our country. I am quite confident this case is being show cased by the NRA no matter the outcome,
