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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWe are at odds with extremely sick people.
George Zimmerman Is Auctioning Off the Gun He Used to Kill Trayvon Martin
George Zimmerman is auctioning off the gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, in a homicide four years ago that rocked the nation and opened up a national debate over race that still goes on to this day.
Zimmerman, who was acquitted under Floridas Stand Your Ground law in 2012, recently listed the firearm on GunBroker.com, where it was described as an American Firearm Icon that has been featured in several publications and in current University text books. According to the listing, the gun is still fully functional and can still shoot, despite the efforts of B. Hussein Obama and the Department of Justice to render it inoperable. (The listing was subsequently removed.)
Bidding for the Kel-Tec PF-9 9-mm firearm starts at $5,000, the proceeds of which will go to oppose [Black Lives Matter] violence against Law Enforcement officers and Hillary Clintons presidential campaign, according to the listing. So far, no one has met that bid.
I recently received it back from the Department of Justice, Zimmerman told a local Florida television station, adding that he has received death threats since auctioning the gun. What Ive decided to do is not cower. Im a free American. I can do what I want with my possessions.
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/05/george-zimmerman-gun-auction-trayvon-martin
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We are at odds with extremely sick people. (Original Post)
NCTraveler
May 2016
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tonyt53
(5,737 posts)1. The broker pulled the auction and did not give a reason why
I'd say he probably got a letter from somebody saying that they would beat anybody's bid anyway, so here is a couple of million for it.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)2. Sad. Pathetic. What a piece of work he is.
jpmonk91
(290 posts)3. I heard about this
I can't believe people are sick enough to buy the weapon of a murderer