Good Morning America - George Zimmerman to Get His Gun Back (ABC News)
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George Zimmerman will get his gun back now that he has been cleared of murder and his lawyer said today that Zimmerman needs the weapon "even more" than before.
Zimmerman's lawyer Mark O'Mara also practically dared the family of Trayvon Martin to file a widely expected civil suit against him, but said that Zimmerman might be filing lawsuits of his own.
O'Mara, in an exclusive interview with ABC News, suggested that Zimmerman has no regrets about carrying a gun on Feb. 26, 2012, the night he killed Martin, a teenager.
The lawyer said Zimmerman, 29, will be entitled to get his Kel Tec 9 pistol back.
"Yes, he does," O'Mara said. "The concealed weapons permit is another matter because that's a decision by another state agency and they will make that decision."
He said that Zimmerman intends to rearm himself. When asked if he would carry a gun, O'Mara said, 'Yes. [There's] even more reason now, isn't there? There are a lot of people out there who actually hate him, though they shouldn't."
The former neighborhood watch captain wears a protective vest when he goes out in public, although he didn't wear it to court, O'Mara said.
Zimmerman does not believe that having a gun caused Martin's death, his lawyer said.
"I think that he feels truly in his heart that if he did not have that weapon that night he might not be here.... [He] would have continued to get beat even though he was screaming for help."
Zimmerman's lawyer suggested that his client might want to move to another part of the country.
"If I was him I would go somewhere else," O'Mara said. He said Zimmerman will be unable to find a job. "I don't think he can work. I don't think anyone can hire him... George is a pariah," his lawyer said.
