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Miles Archer

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9. Reuters just ran this...
Fri May 13, 2016, 11:52 AM
May 2016
Bids soar for gun used to kill Trayvon Martin, with some likely bogus

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-zimmerman-idUSKCN0Y41UK

Bidding in an online auction for the pistol George Zimmerman used in the 2012 shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin topped $65 million on Friday, though the amount appeared to be inflated by fake buyers with names such as "Racist McShootFace."

Zimmerman drew wide criticism on Thursday after announcing the sale of the gun, a Kel-Tec PF9 9mm, which the former neighborhood watch volunteer described in the auction listing as "an American Firearm Icon" that he used to defend his life and "end the brutal attack" from Martin four years ago.

On Friday morning, bidders in the auction on the United Gun Group's website included "shaniqua bonifa" and "Tamir Rice," the same name as the 12-year-old black boy shot dead by a white police officer in Cleveland in 2014.

USA Today reported that the bid by "Racist McShootFace" was later deleted.

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I still say gejohnston May 2016 #1
Celebrity guns. Straw Man May 2016 #5
New auction link...great fun with fake bidders! jmg257 May 2016 #2
Here's the thing. Straw Man May 2016 #3
$64 million for Zimmerman's Kel Tec? gejohnston May 2016 #4
"Davis’ vintage, .45-caliber pistol was from 1911" CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #8
the LA Times photo shows gejohnston May 2016 #12
The domain name is melm00se May 2016 #11
Reuters just ran this... Miles Archer May 2016 #9
Thanks! Here's the bid history..looks like lots of new members, but some are legit people. jmg257 May 2016 #10
It looks like Russ CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #13
the same guy that collects Clerkes and RGs. gejohnston May 2016 #14
It jumped from... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #6
It's a piece of crap. CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #7
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