On Zimmy's statement to the court

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44. Over 800,000 citizens have concealed weapons permits in Florida ...

and while a percentage do walk around carrying their weapons everywhere that is legal, I would point out that if all were "becoming vigilantes" we would see far more incidents similar to the Martin shooting.

I personally know a good number of people who have carry permits in Florida and let me assure you that everyone that I know that has a permit realizes that we are not cops nor are we vigilantes. We carry for the very unlikely event that we find ourselves under an unprovoked attack by an individual who has every intention of putting us in a hospital for an extended stay or six feet under.

Realistically if a large number of Floridians who have a carry permit are turning into vigilantes, we would be reading of at least one if not many news reports about incidents similar to the Martin shooting that have happened recently.

Let me assure you that the media is more than willing to publicize such stories while they also will ignore any incidents in which a person with a concealed weapons permit stopped any attack by using legitimate self defense. At the best a story that would show any value to concealed carry will only make local headlines or will rarely make national news.