George Zimmerman is selling the .9-mm pistol that he used to kill unarmed teen Trayvon Martin in 2012.
“I am honored and humbled to announce the sale of an American Firearm Icon,” Zimmerman wrote in his description of the weapon on firearm auction site GunBroker.
The auction opens for bids at 11 a.m. ET.
“The firearm for sale is the firearm that was used to defend my life and end the brutal attack from Trayvon Martin on 2/26/2012. The gun is a Kel-Tec PF-9 9mm. It has recently been returned to me by the Department of Justice,” Zimmerman wrote. “The pistol currently has the case number written on it in silver permanent marker. Many have expressed interest in owning and displaying the firearm including The Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C. This is a piece of American History.”
Zimmerman is donating a portion of his profits to an anti-Black Lives Matter group and to “ensure the demise of Angela Correy’s persecution career and Hillary Clinton’s anti-firearm rhetoric.”
He signed his description of the gun with the Latin phrase “Si Vis Pace Para Vellum,” which means “If you want peace, prepare for war.”
Zimmerman was acting as a volunteer neighborhood watchman when he shot and killed Martin. Zimmerman claimed self-defense.
The death of Martin sparked intense rallies across America and heightened the debate around Florida’s controversial Stand Your Ground Law. Zimmerman was controversially acquitted of both the murder and manslaughter charges in 2013.