If an armed man breaks into my home and I attack him, can he shoot me and claim self defense?

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18. I was responding

to when you said you "assume that the legal rational for that is that 1) you set those events into motion and 2) any reasonable person would fear for their safety from you.

It sounded like you were asking what the legal basis and rationale would be. I was trying very hard not to comment on the Martin-Zimmerman facts per se since I'm not very familiar with them. It sounded like you might not be familiar with the legal provisions pertinent to the case and were asking about it. I apologize if I misunderstood what you were asking.

Zimmerman will have to prove self-defense, but will also have to get past the initial aggressor provision, which in my opinion is huge issue in this case. If the facts show that he ran after Martin with a visible gun drawn, I would think that would be a text book example of initial aggressor.