As Trayvon's killer poses at gun show, what hope of law reform?

Vigilante's latest stunt comes as Idaho passes law allowing students to carry weapons on campus

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WHAT is the civilised world beyond America to make of George Zimmerman’s latest shameless stunt?

The Florida vigilante who notoriously shot and killed unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, and got away with it on the basis of “stand your ground” laws, was the “celebrity” guest at an Orlando gun show at the weekend, spending the day autographing photographs of himself for his “fans”.

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Charles Laurence is a US correspondent for The Week.co.uk. He is a former New York bureau chief for The Daily Telegraph. He divides his time between Manhattan and Woodstock, upstate New York.