Top U.S. auctioneers refused to sell gun from Trayvon Martin shooting

[Lodestar]

Source: Reuters

Two of America's leading auctioneers of guns said they refused on ethical grounds to handle the sale of the 9 mm pistol that George Zimmerman used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.

The firearm is so toxic that another auctioneer, the man who sold the revolver used to kill John F. Kennedy's assassin, said he would want no part of it had he been approached by Zimmerman.

Zimmerman, a onetime neighborhood watch volunteer, is trying to sell the Kel-Tec PF-9 that he used to shoot the black Florida teenager in 2012, a case that convulsed the country and ignited debates on race relations, gun control and American justice.

A jury acquitted Zimmerman, who was protected by Florida's "stand your ground" self-defense laws.

Two auctioneers, Wes Cowan of Cowan's Auctions in Cincinnati and James Julia of James D. Julia Auctioneers in Fairfield, Maine, both said on Friday that Zimmerman called their establishments recently hoping to consign the gun with them. Both turned him down.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-collectors-idUSKCN0Y42NZ

[4bucksagallon]

1. Way to go Maine......

http://bangordailynews.com/2016/05/13/news/mid-maine/maine-auction-firm-refused-to-sell-gun-used-to-kill-trayvon-martin/

[rurallib]

2. maybe the Repubs could auction it off for him at their convention

[orwell]

3. Maybe Drumpf could buy it...

...through his butler.

[louis-t]

18. or his fake spokesman.

[Hoyt]

4. Some gun fancier will make a direct offer, or NRA will buy it as an example

of how important it is for racist, intimidators to carry a gun. You just never know when you might need to shoot an unarmed Black kid on a Sunday evening.

[KittyWampus]

5. I'd like to see a celebrity w/lots of money buy it for a civil rights group

to destroy the thing.

Melt it into scrap metal to then pour into a mold of a Memorial to Trayvon Martin and victims of police shootings.

Edit- and then have the Memorial dropped into the deepest part of the ocean where no one can find it.

[Hoyt]

6. I like that idea.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

7. I'd like to see it never sold.

Let that moron grow old, broke, and bitter. And let him be buried with the rusted mass that was once his gun.

[Plucketeer]

8. OR - contract to buy it

with the understanding that it'll be sawed into bite-sized bits and completely (in one sitting) eaten by Zimmerman. No money until the last bit of the gun is swallowed.

[7962]

12. But Zimmerman would get the money. best thing is NOBODY buys it

[keithbvadu2]

9. Surely Ted Nugent would buy it

[vkkv]

10. Perhaps Kel-tec will buy it back for their museum... nt

[rocktivity]

11. Sounds like he's hurting for money

Haven't any of his supporters given him a good job?


rocktivity

[7962]

13. I think his further acts dried up what support he had.

he's gone totally off the edge

[Skittles]

24. any support he had was from the sick assholes who thought what he did was just swell

they'd buy it if they could

[christx30]

14. Because the dude is radioactive.

No one wants to touch him. If he gave someone CPR, that person would come back and say "Could you just not touch me please?"

[uppityperson]

15. Good

[fbc]

16. He should take it to Pawn Stars

[Pastiche423]

17. Bids in George Zimmerman gun auction up to $65M

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/05/13/bids-george-zimmerman-gun-auction-top-50m/84319096/

[Warren Stupidity]

19. That action is fucked. There are tons of bad faith bids that have wrecked any actual auction.

George ain't gonna sell that gun in that action, or in any online auction. He might be able to sell it privately.

[louis-t]

20. I wish they would stop calling him

"One time neighborhood watch volunteer". It makes him sound legitimate. He was out looking for someone to harass and he found someone. A kid walking through the area with a soda and candy.

[Judi Lynn]

21. It's infuriating watching corporate media bend the truth consistantly. Dishonest "news" media. n/t

[Skittles]

25. agreed

he was looking for trouble, and he found it - trouble he himself created

[Initech]

22. That gun should have been destroyed.

[riversedge]

23. authories should melt it down