George Zimmerman Signs Autographs At A Florida Gun Show

[Penny Lane 8,159]

This guy can't get enough attention, can he?

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 Zimmerman’s 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 couldn’t 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 Florida’s Stand Your Ground law. “I walk around armed; I walk around with a bullet proof vest; it’s 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. There’s 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 Martin’s birthday.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/03/10/3382231/zimmerman-gun-show/

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

That's nice. Not news.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

That's nice. Not news.

Okay, thanks for commenting.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

What's even more pathetic is that there were people who wanted his autograph.

[JohnR! 5,495]

“I walk around armed; I walk around with a bullet proof vest; it’s not so much for my safety as it is so much for those around me,”

I am not sure how his bullet-proof vest will be able to protect anyone around him... What a coward....

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Glad you posted this Penny. I saw it, but decided against it since it would come across differently if I had put this up.

[lostinblue 1,989]

If you did not want to embellish George's fame just let him fade away. ... You(the public) seem to be very interested in him still.

[lostinblue 1,989]

“I walk around armed; I walk around with a bullet proof vest; it’s not so much for my safety as it is so much for those around me,”

I am not sure how his bullet-proof vest will be able to protect anyone around him... What a coward....

Do black folks still have a bounty on George? I have not heard of anyone arrested over this crime?

[Penny Lane 8,159]

If you did not want to embellish George's fame just let him fade away. ... You(the public) seem to be very interested in him still.

I wouldn't equate posting an article about him to standing in line waiting for his autograph.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Do black folks still have a bounty on George? I have not heard of anyone arrested over this crime?

I'm sorry, I don't remember putting a bounty on GZ. You really need to learn how to not generalize an entire demographic of people because you don't like them.

If you did not want to embellish George's fame just let him fade away. ... You(the public) seem to be very interested in him still.

Did you get his autograph?

I wouldn't equate posting an article about him to standing in line waiting for his autograph.

You know Lost has a problem with absolutes. It's either everyone or no one in his book.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

What's even more pathetic is that there were people who wanted his autograph.

Why would they want it?

[JohnR! 5,495]

Do black folks still have a bounty on George? I have not heard of anyone arrested over this crime?

I would not know for it would be impossible to contact all black folks [sick] in order to get their opinion; and even if that were possible I believe it would not be unanimous. It is one of those things that will forever remain a mystery!

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

You know Lost has a problem with absolutes. It's either everyone or no one in his book.

It is safer that way.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

I would not know for it would be impossible to contact all black folks [sick] in order to get their opinion; and even if that were possible I believe it would not be unanimous. It is one of those things that will forever remain a mystery!

I'm pretty sure my family and friends weren't in on this bounty, but since Lost said it, I must have done it in my sleep.

It is safer that way.

For him, it would seem so.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Do black folks still have a bounty on George? I have not heard of anyone arrested over this crime?

What a 'wow moment' comment that is - as if black people up and down the land are in cahoots with each other to get Zimmerman.

Reminds me of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5hNLErZM8M