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Urban areas, miami, tampa, jacksonville, but it's still a southern state in many of its sympathies, and part of that is gun culture. florida was nicknamed the gunshine state for a reason. we like guns here. there's 1.15 million concealed weapon permit holders. so that's a pretty big constituency. that doesn't mean common sense gun reform is resisted by all gun owners or potential gun owners, but right now the economic interests are favoring the gun -- how would i say, the proponents of more gun rights. the folks who are pose gun rights or want to scale back gun rights or want to have more gun ...

Familiar with florida, a state where there are more than a million concealed weapon permit holders. >> florida is a very firearms friendly state. >> reporter: he says having an all female jury could actually help zimmerman's defense. >> as samuel colt said, god made man but sam colt made them equal, meaning anyone can use a firearm to defend themselves against a larger, stronger assailant. i think the women will understand the self-defense aspect of this case. >> reporter: also important the level of comfort jurors may have with firearms. we saw defense attorney mark o'mara gauge that on frida...

George zimmerman. the six person jury is all female. five white, one is black and hispanic. many share something in common. >> reporter: most of the six women deciding george zimmerman's fate have had a connection to firearms. it's a common thread shared with half of the jurors in the pool. >> my husband had a .9 mm. >> my brother-in-law has hunting rifles. >> i fired a gun one time in my life and fell on my butt. >> i have two handguns. >> those answers are not surprising to people familiar with florida, a state where there are more than 1 million concealed weapon permit holders. he's spent m...

Rifles. >> i fired a gun one time in my life. >> i have two handguns. >> do you have any acknowledge of shooting a gun? >> ki shoot a gun. >> reporter: those answers are not surprising to people familiar with florida, a state where there are a more than a million concealed weapon permit holders he's spent more than 150 years handling cases. he says having an all female jury could help zirmmmmerman's defense. >> anyone can use a firearm to defend themselves against a larger, stronger assailant. i don't think -- i think the women will understand the self-defense aspect of this case. >> reporter:...

Committee process. we're committed to do that. we're waiting for the governor to give us his recommendation. he meet with people all day yesterday. i met with survivors yesterday and talked with them and listened to their suggestions. some of which i think we can work on. we need to focus on the real problem. you've got a problem with the lone wolf terrorists. that's what these people are. whether you're motivated by religion or civic unrest or man yak fame which is what they want. we have to focus on identifying those individuals. we saw a break down between the school district and law enforc...