kel tec handguns are popular in this part of florida.office is only 60 miles away from where zimmerman used to live. we contacted them for information on the gun, they did not reply. >> that's one of the things everybody watching in the next couple days, how the prosecution tries to use that fact about the g gun. >>> let's get caught up on more, susan. >> a key provision of the affordable care act. the requirement that businesses provide their workers are health insurance will be delayed by one year. pen adrian sut penalties will begin in 2015. >>> edward snowden's options for asylum are shrinking. 11 of the 21 countries he's applied to said they can't consider his request until he shows up on their embassy or border and three said out no right. venezuela said maybe. >> dennis rodman said he deserves to win a noble peace prize. rodman met with the dictator during his controversial trip to the country. >> we'll see about that one. thanks very much. >>> again, a reminder at 10:00 tonight, we're going for the full hour in depth on the georg

and he could even get his gun back, the same kel tec 9 pistol he used to kill trayvon martin. >> should george zimmerman be allowed to carry a weapon? >> he'd better be careful. it better be the right circumstances. >> the law allows an awful lot of people to carry guns. that doesn't mean they all should. >> reporter: but his defense attorney, mark o'mara, says zimmerman needs the weapon now more than ever. >> how do you think he feels about guns now? >> i think he feels truly in his heart that if he did not have that weapon that night he might not be here. >> so do you think he would -- if he could he would carry a gun again? >> yes. even more reason now, isn't there? a lot more people out there that actually hate him. though they shouldn't. >> reporter: anger soaring today at the annual naacp convention being held less than 30 miles from where trayvon martin was killed. >> trayvon martin's killing was nothing more than a modern-day lynching. >> reporter: the convention turning into a referendum on the unarmed teenager's death. >> george zimmerman became the judge, the jury, and the ex

laws intersect with lax conceal to carry laws it works essentially to self-deputize anyone with a kel tec 9 millimeter and a grudge. president obama noted in a statement on sunday, we should ask ourselves if we are doing all we can to stem the tide of gun violence that claims too many lives across this country on a daily basis. we should ask ourselves as individuals and as a society how we can prevent future tragedies like this. but the bigger issue and the thing most difficult to change may be the country's racial divide. the editorial board of "usa today" writes -- the fact remains that martin was doing nothing wrong. he was returning from a snack run at a convenience store despite all the nation's progress in burying its racist part, minorities are commonly stopped by authorities or viewed by strangers as up to no good. for no other reason than the color of their skin. joining me today, host of msnbc's disrupt, karen finney. washington bureau chief of "the huffington post," ryan grimm. founder and president of the center for social inclusion, maya wiley. georgetown university professor

. >> think about the fact his friend who trained him, who told him what firearm to buy, the kel-tec .9 millimeter, they discussed these things. the thing is alec and the nra, not only are they trying to encourage gun ownership, but they are proactively wanting gun owners to understand the defenses for use of your firearm. it's in their interest for people to understand how to use your firearm and potentially defend yourself, because it's one more way to push away -- >> and also increase demand which is a huge part of what this is all about. the other thing i'm seeing coming out of the early conversations, the petition, is some kind of federal charges. what's your reaction to that, as people rally around that as a point of activism? >> i actually want to pick up a little bit, juror b-37, this anonymous juror. i think what happened in that jury room, she told us that the decision was split three ways. so i've been in juries and i've been sequestered and all that stuff. there's so much horse trading. for such a democratic process, it's a very undemocratic to get 6 or 12 people to consensu

for george zimmerman confirmed zimmerman will recover all evidence used in the case including the kel-tec .9 pistol used to kill trayvon martin. defense attorney mark o'mara was asked by abc news if zimmerman will retain the firearm. "yes," o'mara said. "there's even more reason now, isn't there? there are people out there who actually hate him though they shouldn't." in meantime, we have our first official post-trial cash in. a juror signed with a literary agent to co-write along with her husband. the juror has already conducted a television interview during which her identity was concealed. it's not clear if she will extend her anonymity to the dust jacket of this upcoming tell-all. >>> coming up, there's another case in florida that didn't work out like george zimmerman's did. it involves a black woman who got 20 years in prison for firing what she calls a warning shot at her estranged husband after a physical altercation. that story's coming up. >>> we have done our best to assure due process to all involved. >>> we have done our best to assure due process to all involved. and we beli

. >> when you conducted the distance tests with the kel tec pistol and the hooded sweatshirt, what did you determine about the distance between the muzzle of the gun and the material at the time the gun was discharged? >> the closing displayed residues and physical effects >> meaning the muzzle -- or the end of the barrel of the gun was up against the sweatshirt when it was fired? >> correct. >> another dramatic moment -- the gun. a 9 millimeter glock. the witness showed the jury how to cock the gun in open court. >> i'll use my left just so you can see. >> it is certainly an attention grabber but doesn't it matter. a criminal defense attorney joins me now. good morning. so, it was emotional just to see the symbols of this trial, the hoodie with the bullet hole through it and this gun, this 9 millimeter glock. but in the end, will it matter? >> the forensic evidence that we heard yesterday doesn't really prove the prosecution's case. it doesn't show when george zimmerman shot trayvon martin. what it does do though is it helps the prosecution prove that some of the things that george zi