And being "charged" means what? It means he gets his days in court, and will let a jury of his peers decide. You have an obvious bias against guns, that is fine but to assume he went looking for trouble because he is carrying is just ludicrous. Lets see just what illegal actions that he did, Martin appears from what we know to have been the aggressor. Don't let the innocent little kid being portrayed as the victim cloud your common sense, that 17 year old punk kid was far from innocent. There are those of us that have thrown various facts in your face, yet you choose to believe this country is DisneyWorld and that you are ultimately safe. Look up the definition of victim, maybe that will make sense to you? Throwing elbows and knees can only protect you from the few.