Here Are All the Weapons Police Found in George Zimmerman’s Florida Residence

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20. That's sounds fairly typical of a high percentage of homes in Florida. ...

There's nothing particularly unusual about owning a 12 gage shotgun and an AR-15 rifle as both can be used for hunting in Florida. I believe that you can only have a five round magazine in your semi-auto AR-15 (or other semi-auto rifle) while hunting deer but you can hunt hog on private property with a high capacity magazine as these animals are considered pests.

Target shooting is popular in Florida both on rural private property and on ranges. Most target shooters own one .22 caliber handgun and at least one other handgun. It's not uncommon to meet a pistol shooter who has enjoyed the sport for 15 to 20 years and owns 10 or more handguns. (It seems handguns multiply like rabbits in dark safes.)

For 37 years I lived in the Tampa Bay Area of Florida and I would guess that 60 to 70 percent of my co-workers had firearms in their home. A good percentage of the guys I worked with had concealed weapons permits, perhaps 5 to 10 percent. I knew several woman who had carry permits but it was less common for a woman to have such a permit than a man. However many woman carry a loaded handgun in the glove box of their car in Florida which is legal without a license.

I was somewhat surprised that Zimmerman only had 106 rounds of ammo in his house. That's peanuts compared to most gun enthusiasts.

If you live in a large urban area in a state that has strong restrictions on gun ownership and carry, you may have a hard time understanding the popularity of firearms in a state like Florida. It might amaze you that currently there are 1,195,291 individuals in the United States with a Florida concealed weapons permit. !56,954 permits are held by people who live in other states and 1,038,337 are residents of Florida.
(sources: http://www.freshfromflorida.com/content/download/7499/118851/cw_monthly.pdf
http://www.freshfromflorida.com/content/download/7502/118869/cw_active.pdf)

When you consider the adult population of Florida over 21 years old is 12,336,038 than you will realize that 1 in every 12 residents of Florida has a concealed weapons permits.

Oddly despite that fact that we are indeed the "Gunshine" state, our violent crime rate is at an all time low. Go figure. Perhaps more guns does not necessarily mean more crime.

Florida firearm violence hits record low; concealed gun permits up
Debate continues over relationship between guns and crime

By JACOB CARPENTER
Posted January 6, 2013 at 5:15 a.m.

In the so-called Gunshine State, home to the most gun permits in the country, firearm violence has fallen to the lowest point on record.

As state and national legislators consider gun control laws in the wake of last month's Connecticut school shooting, Florida finds itself in a gun violence depression. The Firearm-involved violent crime rate has dropped 33 percent between 2007 and 2011, while the number of issued concealed weapons permits rose nearly 90 percent during that time, state records show....emphasis added

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2013/jan/06/fla-firearm-violence-hits-record-low/