George Zimmerman’s gun returns to auction block after troll attacks

[jpak]

Source: New York Daily News

Third time's the charm, right?

The controversial firearm George Zimmerman used to fatally shoot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin returned to the auction block Monday, but had received no bids in the first few hours it was available.

Prior attempts to sell the 9mm weapon failed — twice.

The listing bounced from Gun Broker to United Gun Group, where an army of trolls inundated the listing with fake bids and made the asking price skyrocket from $5,000 to $66 million.

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Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/george-zimmerman-gun-returns-auction-site-troll-attack-article-1.2638217

[CompanyFirstSergeant]

1. It's not going to happen.

It's never going to happen.

Consider the fake bids to be 'public service trolling.'

[oldandhappy]

2. zimmermn is gross

[Chakab]

4. "Gross" is a massive understatement. Zimmerman is so far over the edge on this one that he's even

lost support from Bill O'Reilly.

http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/05/13/bill-oreilly-despicable-george-zimmerman-sell-gun-he-used-kill-trayvon-martin

[oldandhappy]

5. yea, my vocabulary is limited, smile.

Thanks for the o'rally link.

[libdem4life]

3. How does anyone Know this is the Infamous Gun? Gullible, to the extreme.

[Eugene]

6. The gun's serial number is public record.

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/zimmerman1/zimballistics.pdf

[libdem4life]

9. Oh, then that makes more sense. Thanks.

[SpankMe]

7. The next trollin act:

Everyone who owns a black 9mm Luger handgun and list them on the internet for sale, saying that they were used in an infamous crime. Flood the internet with these things.

[CompanyFirstSergeant]

8. It's not a Luger

It's a KelTec, which is a total POS.

[libdem4life]

10. Guy has no class, even in choice of guns, seems.

[CompanyFirstSergeant]

11. You can tell a heck of a lot about a person....

..by what they carry.

[Plucketeer]

13. I carry nothin'

How's that make me rate?

[CompanyFirstSergeant]

14. The choice to carry a sidarm in self defense...

.....also respects the choice not to do so.

[Plucketeer]

12. It might be a POS

but it did what it was designed to do. And it only has to do it ONCE to have fulfilled it's promise.

[CompanyFirstSergeant]

15. Owning and carrying a quality firearm....

....is a statement that the person intends to do so for a lifetime.

Without, hopefully ever using it, ever having to turn it over to the police as part of an investigation, etc.

There is an old saying that bad guys do not wear holsters.

They also do not open carry. They do not carry quality firearms.

Zimmerman's gun is a murder weapon.

My sidearm is a quality piece that I intend to hand down to future generations.

Without ever pointing it at another human being, hopefully.

[47of74]

16. I'm of the opinion

I'm of the opinion that except for very limited circumstances a gun that is used to kill another human being - even if the shooting is 100% justified - it should be a requirement that the gun should be destroyed at the end of the investigation. Even for law enforcement. That way it can never become a museum piece nor can be auctioned off to the highest bidder.

One of those few exceptions should be if the gun is being used as part of combat operations by a member of the United States Armed Forces.

Maybe provide financial compensation to private owners if the shooting is justified, but say that if a gun takes a human life then it must be destroyed. It just might get people to look at guns with a bit more respect and not be so quick to point them at others. (Though I highly doubt it would),

[red dog 1]

17. + 1

[red dog 1]

18. K&R...Thanks for posting,

I'm GLAD that "an army of trolls inundated the listing with fake bids"..and I hope they do it again

I hope that rat bastard Zimmerman ends up with nothing, because, IMO, that's what he deserves!

[libodem]

19. Kick