George Zimmerman, the killer of Trayvon Maritn, is the NRA's vision of America. The proposed George Zimmerman Armed Vigilante Acts (S. 2213 and S. 2188), would force virtually every state to allow Zimmerman, and dangerous people like him, to legally carry loaded and hidden handguns in our communities. Imagine that: "George Zimmermans" walking your streets. Armed and dangerous. That's the gun lobby's vision for America. But it's not ours.
If a state has strong laws that would prevent someone like Zimmerman who had an arrest record and a violent past from getting a concealed carry permit, tough luck.
These new bills would force states with strong gun laws like New York where Zimmerman never could have gotten a permit to honor the concealed carry permits of states with abhorrently low standards, such as Florida.
We stand with the American people in flatly rejecting the NRA's vision and replacing it with our own vision of an America where young people can go out to buy a pack of Skittles and can of tea in safety.