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A gun used to shoot dead unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin is to be auctioned by the man who shot him, George Zimmerman.
Mr Zimmerman, a neighbourhood watchman, was cleared over the death of the 17-year-old in February 2012 after saying he acted in self-defence.
He said he was selling the gun partly to raise funds to fight "Hillary Clinton's anti-firearm rhetoric".
The Martin family would not "comment on the actions of that person", they said.
"The Trayvon Martin Foundation is committed to its mission of ending senseless gun violence in the United States," his family said in a statement to media in Florida.
"This election season, we are laser focused on furthering that mission."
When asked by Florida television channel WOFL what he would say to people opposed to the sale, Mr Zimmerman said: "They're not going to be bidding on it, so I couldn't care less about them.''
The one-day online auction opens at 11:00 EDT (15:00 GMT) on Thursday. The opening bidding price for the 9mm pistol is set at $5,000 (£3,464).
On the auction site, Mr Zimmerman refers to the gun as an "American icon", and says it was recently returned to him by the US Department of Justice.
Florida police did not arrest Mr Zimmerman for six weeks after the shooting in Sanford, Florida, provoking mass rallies in Florida and throughout the US.
Police justified their decision not to detain him by citing the state's controversial "stand your ground" law, which allows a citizen to use lethal force if he or she feels in imminent danger. Police initially said the law prevented them from bringing charges.
Mr Zimmerman's defence said Trayvon Martin had punched their client, slammed his head into the pavement and reached for Mr Zimmerman's gun. Prosecutors accused Mr Zimmerman of telling a number of lies.
The case led to protests in several cities in the US and to the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement.
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My opinion: I personally cant stand the BLM movement its becoming worse than feminism but i just dont understand how this piece of shit human wasnt charged, therefore i hope he dies a horrible death.
Mr Zimmerman, a neighbourhood watchman, was cleared over the death of the 17-year-old in February 2012 after saying he acted in self-defence.
He said he was selling the gun partly to raise funds to fight "Hillary Clinton's anti-firearm rhetoric".
The Martin family would not "comment on the actions of that person", they said.
"The Trayvon Martin Foundation is committed to its mission of ending senseless gun violence in the United States," his family said in a statement to media in Florida.
"This election season, we are laser focused on furthering that mission."
When asked by Florida television channel WOFL what he would say to people opposed to the sale, Mr Zimmerman said: "They're not going to be bidding on it, so I couldn't care less about them.''
The one-day online auction opens at 11:00 EDT (15:00 GMT) on Thursday. The opening bidding price for the 9mm pistol is set at $5,000 (£3,464).
On the auction site, Mr Zimmerman refers to the gun as an "American icon", and says it was recently returned to him by the US Department of Justice.
Florida police did not arrest Mr Zimmerman for six weeks after the shooting in Sanford, Florida, provoking mass rallies in Florida and throughout the US.
Police justified their decision not to detain him by citing the state's controversial "stand your ground" law, which allows a citizen to use lethal force if he or she feels in imminent danger. Police initially said the law prevented them from bringing charges.
Mr Zimmerman's defence said Trayvon Martin had punched their client, slammed his head into the pavement and reached for Mr Zimmerman's gun. Prosecutors accused Mr Zimmerman of telling a number of lies.
The case led to protests in several cities in the US and to the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement.
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My opinion: I personally cant stand the BLM movement its becoming worse than feminism but i just dont understand how this piece of shit human wasnt charged, therefore i hope he dies a horrible death.
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The guy is a disgusting waste of oxygen.
I sincerely hope noone is that stupid to buy a murderers weapon.
Sick, sick piece of shit.
I sincerely hope noone is that stupid to buy a murderers weapon.
Sick, sick piece of shit.
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Absolutely repulsive. Though I don't think he's going to get as much as he thinks he will.
He's using Gun Broker, which is a very popular website used by gun stores and other people with a Federal Firearms License, not people who are into murderabilia and the like.
He's using Gun Broker, which is a very popular website used by gun stores and other people with a Federal Firearms License, not people who are into murderabilia and the like.
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It got removed from the auction site luckily.
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That's horrible why would he name it as an 'American icon'.
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I think that the confrontation between Zimmerman and Martin was a typical collision of racial bias, subconscious or otherwise, stupidity, and human nature. The addition of a gun only made the outcome more tragic.
I have no opinion on who was in the wrong in this encounter for a number of reasons, the main one being that we don't have enough information about what happened. The controversy surrounding this encounter proves as much.
The aftermath, however, I find to be much more interesting and much more informative. George Zimmerman appears unconcerned with the fact that he ended someone's life.
His actions are not the actions of someone who feels sorrow over how the situation unfolded, whether he was right or wrong.
Attempting to make money by selling a gun which ended someone's life, saying that you don't care about detractors who view this as an ethically abhorrent act, and ignoring their genuine concerns, are the actions of a morally impudent person.
Legally, he should be free to do this, but ethically he should be challenged. As he doesn't seem open to being challenged on this issue, I think many people are wasting their time and energy trying to stop him.
I have no opinion on who was in the wrong in this encounter for a number of reasons, the main one being that we don't have enough information about what happened. The controversy surrounding this encounter proves as much.
The aftermath, however, I find to be much more interesting and much more informative. George Zimmerman appears unconcerned with the fact that he ended someone's life.
His actions are not the actions of someone who feels sorrow over how the situation unfolded, whether he was right or wrong.
Attempting to make money by selling a gun which ended someone's life, saying that you don't care about detractors who view this as an ethically abhorrent act, and ignoring their genuine concerns, are the actions of a morally impudent person.
Legally, he should be free to do this, but ethically he should be challenged. As he doesn't seem open to being challenged on this issue, I think many people are wasting their time and energy trying to stop him.
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I think he is a **** **** who got away with killing Treyvon Martin
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"Latest Bidder: Racist McShootface"
If the south of america had one conjoined name, that'd be it.
If the south of america had one conjoined name, that'd be it.
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I can't believe that a weapon from a guy committed a crime and it's for sale. It's stupid and quite frankly pathetic. That's not right at all.
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