George Zimmerman looking for shotgun today

[Laura PourMeADrink]

George Zimmerman was on the hunt today -- for a shotgun ... TMZ has learned.

Zimmerman went to Kel-Tec in Cocoa, Florida ... a gun manufacturing company. We're told he was asking questions about the legality of buying a shotgun -- specifically, the Kel-Tec KSG.

The gun in question is a tactical shotgun, often used for home defense. It holds 12 rounds of 12 gauge shells.

And this is interesting ... Kel-Tec manufactures the PF-9 gun -- the pistol Zimmerman used to kill Trayvon Martin.

We're told the owner's son took Zimmerman on a tour of the grounds, including the area where the firearms are assembled. The photo of Zimmerman and an employee (above) was taken inside the assembly plant.

It's unclear if he actually bought the shotgun while he was there.



http://www.tmz.com/2013/08/22/george-zimmerman-shotgun-kel-tec-trayvon-martin-shop-gun/

[onehandle]

1. Everybody loves a child killer. nt

[ileus]

2. he just can't stay away from those bolted together kel-tecs

[Laura PourMeADrink]

5. he sure does look happy - polar opposite of his demeanor in court. nt

[Bjorn Against]

11. He is proud that he killed someone

A person who acts so proud of being a murderer is a likely repeat offender. The so called "responsible gun owners" proved to the world that they can not be trusted with guns when they supported this murderer.

[JustAnotherGen]

53. +1

He is very very happy with himself. How can anyone not see how joyful and carefree his life is. He is not tortured at all - and obviously isn't feeling threatened and fearful.

[VanillaRhapsody]

3. Looks like he is shedding his pasty fat weakling persona now too...

he is just disgusting...

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. Is that just the pic - or is it greasy dribble on his shirt ?

[krispos42]

14. Looks like it is.

Yuck.

It's big, whatever it is.

[VanillaRhapsody]

15. Flop sweat?

[Scootaloo]

31. That's the TMZ watermark

So yeah, "greasy dribble" is about right

[LisaL]

4. Just a short time ago, Zimmerman was way heavier than in this photo.

[onehandle]

7. His defense team had him fatten up for sympathy. nt

[RZM]

12. I did wonder if that was the case

Maybe it was. OTOH it happens in court cases sometimes. Apparently some members of the OJ jury gained a lot of weight during the trial as well.

[Hoyt]

27. Nancy Grace said he was "eating his way to acquital" during the trial.

[JVS]

47. That sounds like an extremely risky strategy, given the way that society denigrates the obese.

To believe that I'd need to see some serious evidence that being obese gets you acquitted, considering that there is evidence it gets you passed over for jobs/ promotions and paramedics stop trying to revive you sooner.

I think stress-eating and possibly a disruption of his normal exercise routines would be more likely causes of the weight gain.

[shenmue]

8. Vile

The worst of the worst.

[NYC_SKP]

9. A Gun Group raised over $12,000 for him for guns and security. He can buy 10 of these KSGs with it.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/26/gun-group-raises-money--zimmerman/2589985/

Pretty scary stuff.

Scarier is how big he's smiling.

The shitstain.

[JI7]

10. the gross fuck gets off on the time he shot someone to death

better stay away if you see him. he wants that same feeling he got then .

[rdharma]

13. It appears that Kel-Tec is using Zimmerman for advertisement purposes.

Really Effen sick!

"We're told the owner's son took Zimmerman on a tour of the grounds, including the area where the firearms are assembled."

[burnodo]

16. got away with murder

pic of Zimmy after he murdered Trayvon


pic of zimmy during trial
?6

pic of zimmy now


quite a chameleon

[Tommy_Carcetti]

42. Gives creedence to my gut feeling that his weight gain was intentional.

To make him look to jurors that he was out of shape and thus incapable of winning a fist fight.

[burnodo]

75. or simply less threatening

he let his hair grow as well

[GreenStormCloud]

17. So what?

No one can deny that he has had thousands of death threats against him.

With the jury's verdict all of his rights were restored to him, including gun ownership and his CCW. So it isn't surprising that he would buy such a gun.

Personally, I think it is excessive firepower for home defense. But it is his money so he can buy what he wants.

[JI7]

18. he is the one who murdered an innocent person , it's him people should fear

not the other way around.

[GreenStormCloud]

19. The jury disagreed with you.

It is over. He has all of his rights.

[JI7]

20. so fucking what ? i'm giving my opinion about what a murderious piece of shit he is, OJ was freed

also but nobody kept telling me about the fucking jury. same with casey anthony .

yet with zimmerman people get defensive .

[GreenStormCloud]

21. Why is it a big deal that he buys a shotgun?

Obviously you don't like it, but that is his right.

[JI7]

22. because he is a murderous piece of shit

[Laura PourMeADrink]

38. +1,000,000

[branford]

24. I've raised similar points in the past. It's really not worth the hassle.

Zimmerman is too emotional a figure to involve in discussions of gun control, the rights of those acquitted of crimes, or how to deal with real threats against unpopular people.

It really is sad to see liberal values evaporate because the subject may be contemptible.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

40. The big deal is that it reveals his true guilt. Think about it. If it was true

that he was a victim in the whole episode, he wouldn't be flaunting and glamorizing guns. He would be having second thoughts about the dangers of them. He would be overwhelmed with sorrow about what happened and be founding anti-gun group

[JustAnotherGen]

55. You are absolutely right

He has the right.

But we also have Freedom of Speech at DU and elsewhere and we can say/write express anything we want about him.

Why is that so hard to understand?

[RandiFan1290]

32. Zimmerfans are strange people. nt

[GalaxyHunter]

48. He is the one who murdered an innocent person.

But he is also receiving death threats against his life.


should he just do nothing and wait for someone(who hates him) to kill him? (which would be ironic because they would be doing the very thing they hate Zimmerman for doing)

[Paladin]

51. Gee, what an unsurprising response from you.

He didn't have to buy that shotgun at the same place that manufactured that pistol he used. And he sure as hell didn't have to show off his trimmed-down physique and shit-eating grin in that photo. Just further confirmation that you Gun Enthusiasts have a dandy new mascot with a penchant for public gloating. Congrats.

[Cha]

23. Dawg Damn.. his fucking picture makes

me sick. zimmerman asshole is out buyinglooking at guns while Trayvon won't be graduating high school and going off to College.

[ecstatic]

25. He's going to find what he's looking for,

which is obviously a gun fight. If he was truly worried about his safety, he wouldn't have taken that photo.

[Blue_Tires]

36. If his victory tour comes to Va., I'll be more than happy to indulge him...

[Paladin]

37. +1000.

I hope our resident Zimmerman supporters are happy.

[Hoyt]

26. Looks like he dropped a few pounds now that he doesn't need to look meek.

I knew arms manufacturers would embrace the murderer.

[Hoyt]

28. Zimmerman endorsed murder weapons will be big among gun culture.

[blueknight]

29. i wouldnt be suprised

if he became a spokesman of sorts for this company. a bunch of sick fucks

[sorefeet]

30. Zimmerman won't make five more years

before he kills again or someone kills him. I think he is a marked man. Since he carries a gun and it's well known, someone else will just call self defense when they blast him.

[Paladin]

33. Rapid-fire gloating by Zimmerman and his supporters.

Get used to it, there will be more.

[bluestate10]

35. Zimmerman is putting himself in a spot where people that he assault will be armed and won't

take any chances with him. His assumption, which is dead wrong, is that a person wanting to hurt him will come at him with him seeing that person.

[JVS]

46. Wow, future-tense victim blaming. Nice.

[Blue_Tires]

34. The "shotgun legality questions" are just a ruse

He just wanted to bask in his "all-conquering hero" celebrity adulation while giving the company some free advertising...

[KG]

39. pussy.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

41. What a piece of shit.

Why would you flaunt it like that?

[GalaxyHunter]

49. to show everyone who is giving him death threats that he can protect himself against them?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

50. You know, he did shoot someone before.

I think most of America already knows George Zimmerman is armed based on his own past actions.

[GalaxyHunter]

52. true.

They also know he had his hand gun taken from him, so maybe it makes sense he is on the market for a new gun?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

56. Dude, seriously.

Once he was acquitted (much to many's dismay), he was allowed to be in possession of a firearm. While I believe the firearm he used to shoot Trayvon still remains as evidence as to any possible federal charges, he can still own a gun.

And everyone will automatically associate George Zimmerman's name and face with that of a gun. He doesn't need to go around and seemingly gloating at gun factories to prove a point.

But whatever. Murderous assholes will be murderous assholes.

[GalaxyHunter]

57. that is your opinion and you are entitled to it.

[Blue_Tires]

72. I'm still waiting for proof of these supposed "death threats"

[aikoaiko]

43. Correction: it holds 15 rounds; 7 + 7 + 1

He was probably looking to get one free or at a discount.

When they came on the market a few years back they were $800 and now $1200 is average.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

60. And you wonder why the Gungeoneers get such a stellar reputation here at DU. nt

[aikoaiko]

61. Yes, accuracy when discussing firearms is frowned upon by the anti-gunners.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

62. What does the load capacity of that gun have to do with jack shit regarding this story? nt

[aikoaiko]

64. The authors of the story made a point of mentioning it. Ask TMZ.

Did it offend you when they mentioned it?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

65. I'm more offended about the story itself....

....that being a guy involved in a notorious gun crime (who should count his lucky stars he's not rotting in jail right now) is parading around a gun factory with a goofy grin.

I couldn't give two shits about the types of guns he looked at.

[aikoaiko]

68. Fair enough. I don't like his "celebrity" status either.

[lpbk2713]

44. Short barreled shotguns are illegal in many locales.

Florida too IIRC.

[aikoaiko]

59. FYI: The Kel-tec KSG is not a short-barrel shotgun.

Its a bull pup design where the barrel meets the minimum length (18 inches), but the receiver and chamber feeding occurs further back in the stock.



Short-barrel shotguns and rifles are not illegal in most places, per se, but they do require federal paperwork and extra fees.

[Paladin]

66. You're not fooling anybody.

Sweaty concentration on firearm details are a means of deflecting attention from negative gun news, used repeatedly by gun militants such as yourself. It's not working anymore---but thanks so very much for letting us all know just where that MIL-STD-1913 Picatinny Rail is situated on Z's new neighborhood protection weapon.....

[aikoaiko]

67. Are you having a sad, Paladin?

There is no attempt to fool anyone. I replied to someone who implied the shotgun was an SBS. It isn't an SBS and I explained why.

There is no deflection. In fact, it has opposite impact of staying focused on what the firearm really is.

[Paladin]

69. You're not fooling anybody. Thanks for the happy. (nt)

[aikoaiko]

70. I'm not fooling anyone because I'm not trying to fool anyone.

[Paladin]

71. Take it back to Gun Control & RKBA for a more appreciative audience. (nt)

[aikoaiko]

73. Nah. I'm good right here. I know you love me.

Because you love to crap on my posts. Your inner need would go unfulfilled without my posts providing you the opportunity to express your true self.

I love you, too. And you're welcome.

[Paladin]

74. I don't need to crap on your posts, AA---you generate them that way.

And take a rest, put your feet up; all that projection must be tiring.

[Duckhunter935]

76. thats OK

I think facts are a good thing.

[Paladin]

77. I repeat: No one is fooled by the deflection efforts. (nt)

[GeorgeGist]

45. POS

[SummerSnow]

54. Nows he's a celebrity...smh

every dog has his day ,some have two

[MjolnirTime]

58. This guy is absolute trash. I will not mourn his passing.

[dem in texas]

63. zimmer was paid to go there so this picture could be taken and posted

I will bet big money that Kel-Tec paid Zimmerman to be at their place and have his picture taken so it would get posted all over the internet, perfect advertising for the gun company appealing to all the nuts who thought Zimmerman did the right thing when he gunned down that young boy.

[CakeGrrl]

78. Disgusting grinning murderer.

And his brother whines to Breitbart that he's never sure if people might want to kill HIM.

Wow, is there any wonder WHY that might happen?

Ugly crap like this isn't going to endear anyone to the Zimmerman family except the people who were already cheerleading him.