A woman spray paints along Franklin Street during a protest after George Zimmerman was found not guilty in the 2012 shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin, in Oakland, Calif. Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group/AP
Protesters march in the Leimert Park area of Los Angeles, California, following the George Zimmerman verdict. A Florida jury acquitted Zimmerman on Saturday for the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, setting free a man who had become a polarizing figure in the national debate over racial profiling and self-defense laws. Jason Redmond/Reuters
A man who would not provide his name, shows his support for George Zimmerman outside the Seminole County Courthouse in Sanford, Fla., Saturday, July 13, 2013. Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP
Assistant state attorney Bernie de la Rionda shows the gun of defendant George Zimmerman to the jury while presenting the state's closing arguments on July 11, 2013, in Seminole County circuit court in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman is charged in the death of teenager Trayvon Martin in February 2012. Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel/AP
Defense counsel Mark O'Mara carries life-size cutouts representing defendant George Zimmerman and shooting victim Trayvon Martin, for his use during closing arguments on July 12, 2013. The case later went to the jury, on the 24th day of the trial at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center, in Sanford, Fla. Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/AP
Assistant state attorney Bernie de la Rionda talks to Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin's mother, on the stand during a recess in George Zimmerman's trial in Seminole circuit court, July 5, 2013, in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel/AP
Amy Siewert, with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, answers questions from the prosecution while holding the gun used by defendant George Zimmerman, in Sanford, Fla., July 3, 2013. Jacob Langston/Reuters
On July 3, 2013, Florida Department of Law Enforcement crime lab analyst Anthony Gorgone points to a sweatshirt worn by slain teenager Trayvon Martin on the night he was shot. Jacob Langston/Reuters
Defense attorney Mark O'Mara displays photos on July 2, 2013, of defendant George Zimmerman that were taken the night Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman says he acted in self-defense. Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/AP
State attorney Angela Corey (r.) reaches to comfort Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin's mother, before Ms. Fulton took the stand on July 5, 2013. Trayvon's father, Tracy Martin, and family attorney Daryl Parks (far l.) sit beside her. Gary W. Green/Reuters
Darwin Groves (l.) and Donald Sampson pose July 8, 2013, next to a sign outside of their business in Flint, Mich., that proclaims their views that George Zimmerman is innocent of the charges against him. Jake May/The Flint Journal/AP
Supporters of Trayvon Martin stand outside the Seminole County Courthouse during jury selection for the trial of George Zimmerman in Sanford, Fla., June 10, 2013. Scott Audette/Reuters
Sybrina Fulton, mother of shooting victim Trayvon Martin, sits with with her attorney, Benjamin Crump, during a pretrial hearing for George Zimmerman, Trayvon's accused shooter, May 28, 2013, in Sanford, Fla. Joe Burbank//Orlando Sentinel/AP
George Zimmerman, awaiting trial in the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin, arrives in the county court, in Sanford, Fla., with his attorney Mark O'Mara (l.) for a pretrial hearing, April 30, 2013. Mr. Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty. Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/AP
On the first anniversary of the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin, on Feb. 26, 2013, a boy wearing a hooded sweatshirt joins others in a candlelight vigil marking the exact moment when Trayvon was shot. In a symbolic gesture, attendees wore hooded sweatshirts like the one Trayvon was wearing at the time of his death. Brian Blanco/Reuters
Mark O'Mara, attorney for George Zimmerman, addresses media outside his offices in Orlando, Fla., on April 11, 2012. O'Mara said Zimmerman would plead not guilty. Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP
George Zimmerman (l.), with checkered shirt and jacket over his head, is led into the Seminole County Justice Center in Sanford, Fla., on April 11, 2012, after his arrest in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Jon Busdecker/Orlando Sentinel/AP
LeTasha Brown stands with her arms around Anthony Dixon Jr. during an NAACP march and rally for Trayvon Martin, held at the front of the Sanford Police Department in Sanford, Fla., Friday. Lucas Jackson/Reuters
Rep. Bobby Rush (D) of Illinois speaks on the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 28, 2012. Representative Rush donned a hoodie and sunglasses during the speech that deplored the killing of Trayvon Martin. He received a reprimand for violating rules on wearing hats in the House chamber. House Television/AP
A sign with information regarding a neighborhood watch program stands in front of The Retreat at Twin Lakes community in Sanford, Fla., March 27, 2012. Lucas Jackson/Reuters
Signs, balloons, packages of Skittles, and cans of iced tea are piled into a memorial dedicated to Trayvon Martin on March 27, 2012, near the site where he was killed in front of The Retreat at Twin Lakes community in Sanford, Fla. Lucas Jackson/Reuters
Kevin Sinclair (l.), Henry Hill (c.), and Eddie Anderson wear hoods during a vigil in memory of Trayvon Martin at the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Ala., on March 25, 2012. Mickey Welsh/Montgomery Advertiser/AP
Congregants arrive at Middle Collegiate Church in New York on March 25, 2102. Churchgoers were invited to wear hoodies to services to show their support for justice in the case of slain teenager Trayvon Martin. Seth Wenig/AP
The Rev. Glenn Dames, senior pastor at St. James AME Church, leads people in a prayer at the Titusville Courthouse on Sunday, March 18, 2012, in Titusville, Fla. A rally was held demanding justice for Trayvon Martin. Craig Rubadoux/Florida Today/AP
Jeff Triplett, mayor of Sanford, Fla. (r.), stands next to US Rep. Frederica Wilson (D) of Florida as he answers questions about the Trayvon Martin case after a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, on March 20, 2012. Jacquelyn Martin/AP
The US Justice Department wants the George Zimmerman gun and other physical evidence in the Trayvon Martin shooting to be held intact, pending its civil rights probe. That might signal stepped-up activity by the feds, but analysts see reason to doubt they will ultimately file charges.
George Zimmerman won’t get his gun back by the end of the month, if US Attorney General Eric Holder has his way.
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