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

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98. The problem with your counterargument is that Zimmerman is not representative ...

of most gun owners in Florida and especially those who have concealed weapons permits. If he actually was, we would probably have at least one Trayvon Martin type shooting every day. Realize that more than 1,000,000 Florida residents have concealed weapons permits at this time.

My point was that prior to the shooting, there was nothing that unusual in Florida about the amount of weapons and ammo that the police found in Zimmerman's home. His "arsenal" was not a red flag.

Since I have spent a lot of time on pistol ranges during my life, most of the shooters that I know enjoy target shooting or hunting. However before i retired I knew a good number of co-workers who did not hunt or target shooti and who had the same number of firearms or more than Zimmerman had. I would ask them if they had ever fired their weapons and when they would admit that they hadn't, I would do my best to try to convince them to come to the range with me. Often, but not always, I was successful. I've also encountered individuals who have carry licenses who rarely practice with their weapons and have no interest in hunting.

I am not and never have been a Zimmerman supporter. I have always viewed him as a cop wanna-be and somewhat of a vigilante. If I were driving down a road on a rainy night, I would never feel an individual who was wearing a hoodie to be unusual. Therefore I would have never called the police, let alone left my truck to pursue this "suspicious" individual. If for some unlikely reason I did call the police, I definitely would have followed any instructions from the dispatcher I contacted. I have a Florida concealed weapons permit but that doesn't make me a cop and I am not a vigilante.