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George Zimmerman auctioning off gun that he used in Trayvon Martin shooting.

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Dirca

Member
With all the shit he's pulled and the smug attitude about it, and the no sign of him stopping, I will say that Zim has to have the biggest set of balls on the planet. I was astounded he came out of it scott-free, but that was more of his lawyers than him. That was your ill-gotten second chance dude...lay low and shut the fuck up for the rest of your life and repent. But noooo.....he just keeps getting in the news, and now this. Selling the gun off and donating to the family wouldve been a start, but nooooo...lets come up with that description of the auction, and make it as scummy as possible. If he wasnt such a piece of shit, I'd admire the size of his gargantuan cajones.
 

Enzom21

Member
Nah, there are still a few around. I see them post often. Not in here, tho.

Yeah looking at the old threads:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=465936
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=469896
http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=580965
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=622561
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=628506
those winners are still around.
Of course none of them would be in here, but I doubt anything Zimmerman has done since killing Trayvon has changed their minds about supporting him.
 

Metrotab

Banned
Yeah looking at the old threads:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=465936
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=469896
http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=580965
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=622561
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=628506
those winners are still around.
Of course none of them would be in here, but I doubt anything Zimmerman has done since killing Trayvon has changed their minds about supporting him.

Damn, it's crazy seeing all these banned members.
 
Yeah looking at the old threads:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=465936
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=469896
http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=580965
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=622561
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=628506
those winners are still around.
Of course none of them would be in here, but I doubt anything Zimmerman has done since killing Trayvon has changed their minds about supporting him.


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There are a lot of unfortunate people


Lots of people saying "great news" in the verdict thread....

:(
 

Enzom21

Member
Damn, it's crazy seeing all these banned members.
I think it's crazy how many Zimmerman supporters aren't banned. Especially the racists ones like the "Maybe Trayvon was out on a gang initiation." guy.
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There are a lot of unfortunate people


Lots of people saying "great news" in the verdict thread....

:(

There are a lot of shitheads. Wonder how many people called Trayvon a "thug" in those threads.
 

fr0st

Banned
With all the shit he's pulled and the smug attitude about it, and the no sign of him stopping, I will say that Zim has to have the biggest set of balls on the planet. I was astounded he came out of it scott-free, but that was more of his lawyers than him. That was your ill-gotten second chance dude...lay low and shut the fuck up for the rest of your life and repent. But noooo.....he just keeps getting in the news, and now this. Selling the gun off and donating to the family wouldve been a start, but nooooo...lets come up with that description of the auction, and make it as scummy as possible. If he wasnt such a piece of shit, I'd admire the size of his gargantuan cajones.
Its because there are people that believe in what he thinks. If no one in the U.S. supported him then he would've faded into obscurity.
 
I'm sure it surprises no-one, but the Smithsonian have confirmed that they've never had any interest in this gun:

http://newsdesk.si.edu/mobile/releases?id=9212

I'm glad they spoke out about it.

He technically isn't wrong. That gun and what it represents says a lot about American History.

Yeah, this is true. Just cause it's something bad doesn't mean it isn't a piece of history. It's a terrible piece of history, but it's history. Honestly, this entire trial and event will likely be in the history books years later for younger kids to read about in a, hopefully, more righteous world.
 

8bit

Knows the Score
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ElTorro

I wanted to dominate the living room. Then I took an ESRAM in the knee.
Just saw this news. Wow... I really can't believe that nobody has yet lynched this piece of shit on the street. This guy must be the most hated person in the country.
 

ElTorro

I wanted to dominate the living room. Then I took an ESRAM in the knee.
Yeah looking at the old threads:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=465936
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=469896
http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=580965
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=622561
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=628506
those winners are still around.
Of course none of them would be in here, but I doubt anything Zimmerman has done since killing Trayvon has changed their minds about supporting him.

The verdict thread has a lot people saying it makes sense since the prosecution presented a weak case. I haven't followed the case but is that true?
 

Snaku

Banned
With all the shit he's pulled and the smug attitude about it, and the no sign of him stopping, I will say that Zim has to have the biggest set of balls on the planet. I was astounded he came out of it scott-free, but that was more of his lawyers than him. That was your ill-gotten second chance dude...lay low and shut the fuck up for the rest of your life and repent. But noooo.....he just keeps getting in the news, and now this. Selling the gun off and donating to the family wouldve been a start, but nooooo...lets come up with that description of the auction, and make it as scummy as possible. If he wasnt such a piece of shit, I'd admire the size of his gargantuan cajones.

He's a straight up sociopath, balls have nothing to do with it.
 
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What's the point in acting like this? Ever think that someone just might be looking for information? Not everyone followed the case as closely as you.
Because it happens way too much in these threads. I'm tired of the bullshit. If you're American you know the basics of this fucking case as it was literally everywhere and one of the main catalysts for the black lives matter movement that's going on right now. If you don't, Google is literally at your fingertips.
 
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What's the point in acting like this? Ever think that someone just might be looking for information? Not everyone followed the case as closely as you.

Well there's a great thing called Google that most of us consult before asking questions that have attached to them high levels of emotion and discourse that cannot in anyway be accurately condensed into a single Internet forum post.
 

itxaka

Defeatist
Because it happens way too much in these threads. I'm tired of the bullshit. If you're American you know the basics of this fucking case as it was literally everywhere and one of the main catalysts for the black lives matter movement that's going on right now. If you don't, Google is literally at your fingertips.

Someone is better to have personal opinions of gaf members than go to the new media/blogs for a general public opinion to be read.


I know Im a culprit of asking several things like that on gaf as to get gaf's member opinions on an issue.

Also, its super easy to ignore his comment and not answer if you are "tired of the bullshit", Im sure other members will comment and give him info about it.
 
I don't get how this guy isn't showing a single shred of humility or remorse.

Even if you believe you were in the right you still took a kid's life.
 
Young people of color, please save your money and leave the country for a more deserving, advanced one. Start learning a second or third language.
i'm not that young but i am a person of color. i'm currently saving up my money but i don't make much so it ain't much to save up for. i know a second language, but i don't know if i want to leave this country. i'm an american. i got as much right to be here as anyone else.

EDIT: sorry for double post
 

Newt

Member
Despite Zimmerman being a scumbag, that gun is probably pretty valuable considering how big a news story this case was.

Could easily see it going to a million dollars.
 
Despite Zimmerman being a scumbag, that gun is probably pretty valuable considering how big a news story this case was.

Could easily see it going to a million dollars.

I mean, not really. Despite what Zimmerman wants to thing he is not some sort of icon in American judicial history or something. He is a pariah and no one with any sense of humanity wants anything to do with him. The desperate attempts to remain relevant have gone nowhere.
 
I mean, not really. Despite what Zimmerman wants to thing he is not some sort of icon in American judicial history or something. He is a pariah and no one with any sense of humanity wants anything to do with him. The desperate attempts to remain relevant have gone nowhere.

its probably not worth anything unless the person who buys it goes on to shot the dude with it. that would be ironic and potentially value increasing.

this guy can get bent.
 
I mean, not really. Despite what Zimmerman wants to thing he is not some sort of icon in American judicial history or something. He is a pariah and no one with any sense of humanity wants anything to do with him. The desperate attempts to remain relevant have gone nowhere.
Yeah I agree. It's not even a good gun either. It's a shitty Kel Tec. Some asshole would probably buy it for a few thousand just for the novelty of saying "hey guys, look here I got the gun that killed Trayvon!"

I don't see it ever going for more than $2000-3000.
 
Yeah looking at the old threads:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=465936
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=469896
http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=580965
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=622561
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=628506
those winners are still around.
Of course none of them would be in here, but I doubt anything Zimmerman has done since killing Trayvon has changed their minds about supporting him.


Disgusting to see so many banned members actually trying to justify the killing
 

Browny

Banned
The $65 million bid was under the name of Racist McShootface.

Bidding in an online auction for the pistol former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman used to kill Trayvon Martin appeared to have been hijacked by fake accounts posting astronomically high bids.

At one point early Friday, the bidding surpassed $65 million with the leading bidder using the screen name "Racist McShootFace." The site later showed that account had been deleted.

Other screen names of bidders on the site included "Donald Trump," ''shaniqua bonifa" and "Tamir Rice," the name of a black 12-year-old who was shot and killed by Cleveland police in 2014 while playing with a pellet gun.

The website for United Gun Group began hosting the auction Thursday after another website, GunBroker.com, took down the auction saying it wanted "no part in the listing on our website or in any of the publicity it is receiving."

Hours later, United Gun Group tweeted that it would post Zimmerman's ad. The new link was posted, along with a statement from Zimmerman. The site calls itself a "social market place for the firearms community."

You kinda hope that the new site might consider closing the auction, but...

This is pretty horrible stuff.
 

ElTorro

I wanted to dominate the living room. Then I took an ESRAM in the knee.
There are still a lot of people that see him as a hero. He's a lot safer than you would think he would be.

What I don't understand is that even if you think that Zimmerman was innocent or at least not guilty, his behavior after the process is just indefensible. Making profit off the gun that killed a boy who just wanted to go home is inherently insane, even if you think that Zimmerman was assaulted and had a right to defend himself.

This entire story is really weird to me as a non-American. I don't even understand why some people are apparently upset by the protests and riots that followed stories like this one. The fact that people like him are walking around freely and boasting about their deeds is just crazy. How can you not get angry.
 
What I don't understand is that even if you think that Zimmerman was innocent or at least not guilty, his behavior after the process is just indefensible. Making profit off the gun that killed a boy who just wanted to go home is inherently insane, even if you think that Zimmerman was assaulted and had a right to defend himself.

This entire story is really weird to me as a non-American. I don't even understand why some people are apparently upset by the protests and riots that followed stories like this one. The fact that people like him are walking around freely and boasting about their deeds is just crazy. How can you not get angry.

The people who view him as a hero do so specifically because he got away with murdering a black kid. It's the reason why they think he is a hero. His post trial behavior is perfectly okay with people who think this way.
 
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