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George Zimmerman to Auction Off Gun He Used to Kill Trayvon Martin

HeadlineMay 12, 2016

George Zimmerman is planning to auction off the gun he used to kill unarmed African-American teenager Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman has listed the firearm on GunBroker.com with a starting price of $5,000. Bidding is scheduled to begin today. Zimmerman wrote in the listing that he would donate a portion of the proceeds to “fight BLM [Black Lives Matter] violence against Law Enforcement officers.”

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