not a situation you would want to be in, trying to draw your firearm with the attacker on you. also if hes adept with a knife and hes that close, having a holstered firearm is a death sentence. The firearm in most cases just needs to be presented to the attacker or attackers and 90% of the time a shot does not need to be fired to stop the event from escalating. Most states having mandatory training of how to carry concealed firearms and when they may be presented....if you screw up and display it without imminent danger or cause you will go to jail for a felony. I'm for gun carry, but my goddamn my state is the only one in the Union that does not allow it.
Um, this isn't exactly Solid Snake I'm fighting and not every mugger on the streets is a trained assassin. I'm just saying that if a guy threw a few punches at me and had no intention of stopping until I was in mortal danger, I'd have no hesitation to shoot him if pulling a gun was an adequate deterrent for him.
He didn't identify himself to Martin.
The report said that following Martin wasn't a crime. If they were wrong then a much larger authority would be jumping on this case like white on rice (side note: NOT BEING RACIST TOWARDS CAUCASIANS OR THE ASIAN POPULATION).