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At Lake Mary gun show, Zimmerman details what life is like
The Orlando Sentinel ^ | September 20, 2014 | Caitlin Dineen

Posted on 09/21/2014 12:58:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

ith a smile on his face, George Zimmerman spent Saturday afternoon posing for photos, sharing hugs and shaking hands with gun enthusiasts at a firearms expo in Lake Mary..

"It's so odd to me," said Zimmerman, about the celebrity treatment he receives in public. "[But] it is appreciated."

In his first interview with the Orlando Sentinel, Zimmerman described life after his acquittal last year in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The former Neighborhood Watch volunteer shot the unarmed black teen in Sanford on Feb. 26, 2012.

Now life for the 30-year-old is completely different.

He's always moving.

He's in debt.

And he's constantly receiving death threats.

"I just try to be smart where I go," said Zimmerman, who described the gun show at Gander Mountain Academy as a "friendly" event that didn't warrant extra protection.

Zimmerman said he carries a semi-automatic handgun for added safety.

"It's part of life," said Zimmerman, whose Twitter feed is a constant barrage of death threats. "It's unfortunately necessary right now."(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...


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KEYWORDS: banglist; ccw; florida; georgezimmerman; guns; trayvon; zimmerman
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To: Hot Tabasco

And he could do worse... he WAS a boxer by avocation I hear. It’s not like it’s a new sport to him.

It’s understandable, if not always wise, to send “I’m not skeered” messages.


41 posted on 09/21/2014 1:46:25 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Benito Cereno

Which is what we should all do to you. Yawn you off and go occupy ourselves elsewhere.


42 posted on 09/21/2014 1:47:19 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Hot Tabasco; HiTech RedNeck

Or making money since no one, including you, will hire him for any job?


43 posted on 09/21/2014 1:47:31 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If I had enough redneck bucks I’d consider it


44 posted on 09/21/2014 1:49:08 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trayvon was an "unarmed black teen."

45 posted on 09/21/2014 1:49:35 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER; 2ndDivisionVet
It’s a long road between being accused of and convicted for!

Are you extending him a job offer?

had I read further, I would have pinged both of you to my post at #37..........

As for you 2nd Div., I'll leave the job offers to Zimmerman up to you.............

46 posted on 09/21/2014 1:50:04 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Don't harsh my buzz homie......)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I wouldn’t have waited so long to shoot!


47 posted on 09/21/2014 1:53:01 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Rent a cop wannabe was perhaps a poor way of describing his mentality. I guess I have a different view of why anyone carries, myself included. He was emboldened by that bulge in his pants. Without that gun would he have followed our confronted Martin? No way.


48 posted on 09/21/2014 1:53:29 PM PDT by Benito Cereno
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Oh you SAY you can, until you start getting the visits from Satan

Now you're starting to creep me out bro...........I thought we were discussing George Zimmerman?

Do me a favor, if you want to invoke satan in your arguments, please leave me out of your target posters........

49 posted on 09/21/2014 1:54:20 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Don't harsh my buzz homie......)
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To: Benito Cereno

You don’t know his thoughts, so you don’t know that. Read this:

Zimmerman Complained About Sanford Police in Defense of Homeless Black Man
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/24/George-Zimmerman-Black-Homeless-Man-Sanford-Police


50 posted on 09/21/2014 1:55:11 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

He’s real and if you aren’t prepared, he’ll eat your soul.


51 posted on 09/21/2014 1:56:14 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And, to start blowing more stereotypes, he was a Democrat.


52 posted on 09/21/2014 1:57:37 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Benito Cereno

The “Following” was to stand there and look. He got sneaked up on. He was also disgusted at crime in the area.


53 posted on 09/21/2014 1:59:15 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Hot Tabasco; SWAMPSNIPER; Hulka; HiTech RedNeck; Brother Cracker; Fred Hayek; Moonman62

If I could somehow contact him I would offer him a business opportunity. If anyone knows how much everyone needs reliable legal assistance and identity theft protection at a low monthly cost, it’s someone like George Zimmerman. If you or your people are reading this, George, contact me.


54 posted on 09/21/2014 1:59:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
"I'll swallow your soul!"
55 posted on 09/21/2014 2:01:14 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: HiTech RedNeck

They’re all over.


56 posted on 09/21/2014 2:01:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
since no one, including you, will hire him for any job?

What a strawman argument........but I'll go one better, WHY DON'T YOU OFFER HIM EMPLOYMENT? Since you appear to be his guardian angel and defender on this site, the very least YOU could do is hire him...........

Well?

57 posted on 09/21/2014 2:02:25 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Don't harsh my buzz homie......)
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To: Benito Cereno

You obviously did not watch the trial.


58 posted on 09/21/2014 2:02:34 PM PDT by Brother Cracker (You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Did you miss post #54, addressed to you?


59 posted on 09/21/2014 2:03:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
He’s real and if you aren’t prepared, he’ll eat your soul.

Stop it with that crap, George Zimmerman is not that evil............

60 posted on 09/21/2014 2:03:45 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Don't harsh my buzz homie......)
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