The Gun Used To Shoot Dead Unarmed Florida Teenager Trayvon Martin….

[naomi24]

… is to be sold at auction. George Zimmerman, who shot the boy, says he is selling the gun partly to raise funds to fight "Hillary Clinton's anti-firearm rhetoric", and describes the weapon on the auction site as ‘An American Icon’.

Is it just me who finds this sick?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36273488

[Ellipsis]

It looks like the auction was cancelled:

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/12/us/george-zimmerman-gun-auction/

> I am afraid I make the mistake of remembering what happens in the UK when a police officer lawfully slays a perp in the course of his duty

The differences between that scenario and the Trayvon Martin case are:

1) George Zimmerman was not a police officer, he was Neighbourhood Watch(!)
2) Trayvon Martin was not a "perp"

Sad to say, he was "lawfully slain" though .... apparently.

[EDDIE51]

Retrocop Your answer at 17.02 shows what I mean about USA gun culture.
They have a RIGHT to own guns under the constitution, just because you have shot someone dead does not take away your right to own a gun, if that was true a lot of US cops would be unarmed. The situation is so different to the UK that the two can never be compared.

[jim360]

It's back up again, apparently, but I think that internet democracy is interfering with the auction... (Racist McShootface)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36281438