http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE3DE153BF934A35750C0A965958260

Governor Chiles and the task force have asked rental-car companies to remove bumper stickers and other signs that their automobiles may be driven by vulnerable tourists.They are also asking the Florida Legislature to end permanently the state’s practice of issuing special license tags for rental cars, something the Legislature is likely to act on within the next month. In the meantime, the governor has signed an executive order allowing the rental companies to exchange the tags immediately for standard license plates.

Of course, this is the NYT, so they never connected Overseas Tourist = absolutely no chance of carrying a handgun for self-defense = easy victim to rob.

But Clayton Cramer and David Kopel have:

http://rkba.org/research/cramer/shall-issue.html

Greater safety for Florida residents and American tourists may be the reason for another notable characteristic of Florida in recent headlines–criminal attacks on foreign tourists. These tourists stood out because of the distinctive rental car license plates that Florida issued until recently. Unlike Florida residents or American tourists (who might shoot back), foreign tourists would certainly be unarmed, suggests the head of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. [41]

The fact that the mainstream media misreported this, and also failed to make the obvious connection when the exact same thing happened when Virginia got “shall issue” is one of the major reason why I’ve gone from ignorant and vaguely anti-gun to pro-RKBA.