'Armed Citizen Project' giving homeowners shotguns near where Trayvon was killed

A gun advocacy group has announced plans to give away shotguns to homeowners in Florida about 20 miles from where 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was killed by former neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman.

WESH reported that members of the Armed Citizen Project had gone door-to-door in Orlando passing out fliers to advertise the free firearms.

Armed Citizen Project program director Ron Ritter explained that giving away shotguns was "perfectly legal" in Florida because the guns were being transferred by dealers with a Federal Firearms License (FFL).

But not every resident who got a flier thought that the program was a good idea.

"That doesn't mean we should all have a firearm," Robin McLaughlin told WESH. "I would not need to have a shotgun."

The Armed Citizen Project announced earlier this year at the National Rifle Association conference that it intended to give away shotguns in 15 U.S. cities, including Chicago and Houston.

Watch this video from WESH, broadcast Sept. 24, 2013.

[Photo: A smoking 12 bore shotgun having ejected spent a cartridge by Max Earey via Shutterstock]