# How is Mason1972's example worse than the Zimmerman shooting?

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**Created:** [December 5, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mason1972s-example-worse-than-the-zimmerman-shooting/825614 "2018-12-05T15:42:02Z")\
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> [@Babale](#):
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> No, the question about Zimmerman’s long and varied history of violence, including gun-related violence. …

AFAICT, that history consists of shooting Martin in self-defense and later having two girlfriends accuse him of violence and then recant. Is that the “long and varied history of violence” we are to discuss?

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