"George Zimmerman Signs Autographs At A Florida Gun Show"
George Zimmerman signs autographs.
CREDIT: Wesh.com
George Zimmerman, the man who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, was the featured guest at a central Florida gun show this weekend, where he autographed photographs for customers. Organizers of the New Orlando Gun Show almost canceled the event because of backlash, but instead agreed to relocate Zimmermans signing to a smaller venue.
Zimmerman wanted to return a favor to The Arms Room, an Orlando gun store that supported him after he killed Martin. The concept of being able to pay them back for what they did for me and seeing my supporters face to face was something I just couldnt pass up, Zimmerman told Fox 35. On Twitter, he described the controversy as another company bowing to threats of being labeled racist.
The only thing Zimmerman is famous for is killing an unarmed black teenager. And he is, in many ways, the poster child for Floridas Stand Your Ground law. I walk around armed; I walk around with a bullet proof vest; its not so much for my safety as it is so much for those around me, he said. I can be around my family and something might happen to them. Theres children around me, etc. Those threats
I have to be able to defend myself like any American.
Since the trial, Zimmerman has remained in the headlines for two dropped charges of domestic violence and even agreeing to a later-canceled charity celebrity boxing match on what would have been Martins birthday.
Nicholas Breakspear · Top Commenter · Arlington, Virginia
I don't care what political stripes someone has, but anyone with a sense of decency (and right and wrong) should balk and denounce this 'glorification' of someone who is infamous merely for shooting and killing an unarmed human being. If Zimmerman is making money off of this, then he should be roundly pilloried. It's one thing to make a living to try and pay down his legal bills, but to do it this way is simply wrong and nothing
Poster Comment:
Brainless subhumans on the march - attack !
Hopefully Robert Zimmerman will go into politics !