Posted on 05/12/2016 1:34:04 PM PDT by ColdOne
An online auction appears to have been halted for the pistol that former Florida neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.
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The weapon was removed from the GunBroker.com website Thursday, minutes after the auction was to begin. It was not immediately clear why the website took down the listing.
Zimmerman had told Orlando, Florida, TV station WOFL that the pistol was returned to him by the U.S. Justice Department, which took it after he was acquitted in Martin's 2012 shooting death.
The auction for the 9 mm Kel-Tec PF-9 pistol was to begin at 11 a.m. EDT Thursday and end 24 hours later. The website operators did not immediately respond to phone and email messages seeking comment.
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Late last night, George Zimmerman created a listing on our web site for the gun from the Trayvon Martin case four years ago. Mr. Zimmerman alerted news organizations that began reporting on the listing first thing this morning.
Listings on the GunBroker.com web site are user-generated, exactly like social media posts. Mr. Zimmerman never contacted anyone at GunBroker.com prior to or after the listing was created and no one at GunBroker.com has any relationship with Zimmerman. Our site rules state that we reserve the right to reject listings at our sole discretion, and have done so with the Zimmerman listing.
We want no part in the listing on our web site or in any of the publicity it is receiving.
GunBroker.com prides itself in being a safe and legal way to buy and sell firearms online in full compliance with all Federal, State, and local laws. GunBroker.com proudly supports the Second Amendment rights of the American public.
GunBroker.com will not be fielding press inquiries regarding this matter.
Zimmermann should have donated the gun to the NRA Museum.
From the gunbroker website
Saint Trayvon was beating the 'white Hispanic' Zimmerman's head into the ground.
Since Saint Skittles had no weapon, George should have let him kill him the old-fashioned way. Bare handed.
Ne probably needs the money. He should be offered a job. I say chief of police, Sand Point Idaho.
Zimmerman won the court battle. He should have gone away and shut up. Instead, he keeps popping up in the news.
Is that Dennis Rader on the right?...
That makes sense. I doubt there was really that much interest in the gun, but I might be wrong. Certainly no interest on my part.
Trayvon Martin WAS armed. he was using both of them to slam Zimmerman’s head to the concrete.
Death threats? Bombing threats?
I can’t blame the gunbroker site. Nobody wants to be part of the firestorm that’s going to bring down.
Leni
>Zimmerman won the court battle. He should have gone away and shut up. Instead, he keeps popping up in the news.
Zimmerman can’t get a job(too big a target for black violence), can’t be seen in public, and can’t live a normal life thanks to death sentence the media inflamed on him. So he’s taken to living his life in a FU manner to everyone who’s oppressed him. I blame the media, not Zimmerman.
Sure looks like BTK.
I say chief of police, Cambridge,Massachusetts.
ROTFL!
That’s even better!
or send it to the war to help end ISIS.
Someone needs to whack the “Z Man” with a Clue by Four...
He may never grow up....
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