George Zimmerman, who was acquitted of murder by a Florida court last week, will not immediately get back the gun he used to shoot dead 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
The US Justice Department has requested a hold on evidence from his trial, a law enforcement official confirmed.
The hold is standard procedure and does not reveal whether the Justice Department plans to pursue a new prosecution of the 29-year-old, the official added.
A jury in Sanford in Florida, found Zimmerman not guilty of second-degree murder last Saturday sparking protests in Los Angeles and elsewhere.
Expectations that Mr Zimmerman would get his 9mm pistol back helped to fuel anger among those Americans who thought he had profiled Trayvon Martin and should be punished for the teenager's death last February.
The move came as Democrat leaders in Florida's state legislature called for the controversial Stand Your Ground self-defence law to be repealed or substantially changed.
Mr Zimmerman's lawyers said he acted in self-defence while on neighbourhood watch duty when Trayvon Martin attacked him and one juror cited Stand Your Ground as a factor in her decision to acquit the neighbourhood watch volunteer.
Florida Senate Democratic leader Chris Smith said: "This bill actually encourages people to shoot their way out of situations and that's not how we live in a civilized society.
"It's a mentality that has permeated the state of Florida. It's a mentality of shoot first, and we should not have that in a civilized society."
But Republican Governor Rick Scott has, so far, declined to convene the special legislative session needed to reform the law.
Federal prosecutors said they were pursuing an investigation into whether Mr Zimmerman violated civil rights laws.
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