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Zimmerman's defense today. today, zimmerman's attorneys put on the stand dennis root, a private investigator, a former police officer, taser instructor, hand to hand combat teacher and overall expert on the use of force. root explained how witness testimony often conflicts in high stress situations. zimmerman did not have the abilities of a fighter. and that trayvon martin appeared to be physically fit. let's listen in right now as he continues his testimony. >> did you know how far away approximately the gun was from mr. martin when it was fired? >> yes. >> and what do you know that to be, ap...

The idea is it makes it easier to conceal so that you don't have to have a jacket. can you do it with just a pullover shirt or something to that effect. and it just -- it doesn't make it an safe holster or anything like that. it's a preference issue. >> in your firearm training when you trained both officers and nonofficers, is this -- >> this could be the last day for the defense in the george zimmerman trial and, yet, they continue to get testimony from dennis root, a firearms expert on the day that they got two rulings from the judge that went for the prosecution. for now that wraps up this...

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