Lawyer: Gun that killed Trayvon will be returned to Zimmerman

[Galraedia]

Source: Raw Story

Speaking to ABC News on Sunday, an attorney for George Zimmerman said that his client is now entitled to have his property returned thanks to his not guilty verdict, including the gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin.

“Yes, he does,” attorney Mark O’Mara said, responding to a question on whether Zimmerman has the right to reclaim his Kel Tec 9 pistol. “The concealed weapons permit is another matter because that’s a decision by another state agency and they will make that determination.”

He added that the former neighborhood watchman would re-arm himself following the trial, given how many people feel he is guilty of murder. “[There's] even more reason now, isn’t there?” he reportedly said. “There are a lot of people out there who actually hate him, though they shouldn’t.”

In the wake of the verdict, leading activists, including NAACP President Benjamin Jealous, met with senior Justice Department officials to lobby for federal intervention, perhaps through a civil rights trial that looks at whether Martin were targeted because of his race. It is also possible that Martin’s family could file charges against Zimmerman in civil court.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/14/lawyer-gun-that-killed-trayvon-will-be-returned-to-zimmerman/

[hedgehog]

1. He'll probably auction it off to a collector.

[lumpy]

5. Nothing would surprise, I am sure he will cherish that piece of hardware as the instrument that

saved his pitiful life. After all he has no regrets or remorse and would do it again.

[Earth_First]

25. It's a sick world we live in...

Unfortunately, I could see it.

[trof]

45. BINGO! Look for it on eBay.

[PatrynXX]

2. I assume by giving a killer back his weapon

someone else will be killed by that gun ... whoever shoots it and if he ends up paranoid even more reason he shouldn't have it.

[Spirochete]

7. Not necessarily

he may mount that one on a plaque and hang it on his wall. Then he'll get a different gun to go out and shoot "fucking punks" with...

[NYC_SKP]

3. Maybe he'll be cleaning it one day and...

...do it wrong.

[Kennah]

4. Not me, I'd rather he live 10-20 years in fear and guilt, then have a cleaning accident.

[Hoyt]

6. He has no guilt, and will be welcomed by right wingers everywhere.

[Kennah]

8. Perhaps Karma will deliver some. I agree he'll be on Hannity in the next couple of months.

[red dog 1]

17. If I were a betting man, I'd bet he's on Hannity in the next couple of weeks.

[jeffrey_pdx]

21. Weeks?

I got money on tomorrow or tuesday.

[Kennah]

48. Red_dog, we should put our money away. I fear we'll lose it to jeffrey.

[awoke_in_2003]

11. I don't think he is capable of that emotion...

Look at his eyes.

[Kennah]

15. So you're saying he has a future at Fox? I can agree with that.

[awoke_in_2003]

39. I was going to say...

he has cold, lifeless eyes like a shark. I just didn't want to insult sharks.

[Kennah]

49. Cold and lifeless? I KNEW you were talking about Fox!

[warrior1]

9. Because

so what if we pour salt in the their wounds.

[blackspade]

10. O'Mara did his job for Zimmerman but this.....

He added that the former neighborhood watchman would re-arm himself following the trial, given how many people feel he is guilty of murder. “ even more reason now, isn’t there?” he reportedly said. “There are a lot of people out there who actually hate him, though they shouldn’t.”

...makes him an utter scumbag in my book.

[Iliyah]

13. UGH

That means Z will be more antsy with weapons. Not good at all.

[Punkingal]

41. I considered him a scumbag from the minute he started blaming Trayvon ir his own death...

He is worse than a scumbag.

[blackspade]

44. Agreed.

[Blue Owl]

12. He's such a piecemaker

n/t

[kestrel91316]

14. He's a marked man, and he won't even see the person who

settles the score. He doesn't have eyes in the back of his head.

Just sayin'.

[Kennah]

16. No way I could be unbiased if selected for that jury, not that I would share that with anyone.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

18. Anyone else get the idea his lawyers are trying to get his ass killed?

Then they'll go to represent the family and scoop up even more legal fees from even more donations flooding in.

[WCLinolVir]

27. That's a fantasy not supported by facts. As I understand it the "perp" always

gets the weapon back in an acquittal.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

36. I'm talking about the general "In your face" attitude.

[hrmjustin]

19. Sick!

[Hekate]

20. Zims can carve a little notch on its handle now

[jessie04]

22. Gee, I hope Porky can wash Trayvons blood off it.

nt

[The Wizard]

23. It will be sold on Ebay

for a huge profit. Some well heeled bigot will pay the tab.

[MissHoneychurch]

24. They make me sick

All of them.

Zimmermann and his lawyers.

It is just disgusting ....

[Heywood J]

26. I thought Tec-9s were banned?

Didn't that company also go out of business after Columbine?

[Lee-Lee]

29. Not the same company

Different company, totally different guns.

I have a Kel-Tec P3AT that was my backup gun when I was a deputy, and is my carry gun now in warm weather when I have lighter clothes on and carry.

[Heywood J]

43. Thanks for the info. (NT)

[caraher]

28. Even my gun-nut RW brother who thinks the verdict correct thinks this is wrong

The one thing he and I agree on is that Zimmerman has no business owning a gun.

[WCLinolVir]

30. George is mentally ill. He has no remorse, makes it up as he goes along,

overtones of narcissism, persecution, feeling victimized, lack of depth, empathy, Classic sociopathological symptoms with violent outbursts. Also qualifies as borderline.
I can only hope someone else shoots first.

[heaven05]

31. yep

and.......

[heaven05]

32. civil court?

zpig was acquitted. My understanding is, under florida law, no civil charges are really going to happen. They have a right to file, I guess but no chance of seizing any assets from zimpig.

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

33. Perhaps...........

........he will do the honorable thing when the weapon is returned. It would be a strange end to a strange story.

[AndyA]

34. Now, the hunter becomes the hunted

Zimmerman took matters into his own hands when he decided to ignore the 911 operator's warning to not pursue Trayvon Martin. If Zimmerman had kept his distance--as he should have--Trayvon would still be alive today.

Neither Martin nor Zimmerman had a stellar past, but at the time, Trayvon wasn't breaking any laws, nor was he doing anything suspicious to anyone other than Zimmerman.

Zimmerman escalated the situation by not maintaining his distance. He should have let the police confront Trayvon, and they no doubt would have determined he wasn't doing anything suspicious and sent him on his way.

Now Zimmerman will know first hand what it's like to be someone like Trayvon--to have people be suspicious of you without cause, to have people avoid you because they don't feel safe around you.

Congratulations, Zimmerman...once the hunter, now the hunted.

[primavera]

35. Seems fitting

If you live by the sword...

[WhoWoodaKnew]

37. This may seem wrong but I think it is the law.

I don't want people picking and choosing which laws apply to me.

[Blue_Tires]

38. Well, at least the next person who see Zim on the street

can consider him an armed threat and shoot him in self defense...

[sofa king]

40. Because guns don't kill people...

... George Zimmerman kills people.

[marshall]

42. The headline is actually misleading

It should read that the gun COULD be returned. He has to ask for it, and there is no indication in the article or elsewhere that he has. The article simply states that he has the right to have it returned.

[libodem]

46. .

Because there is not a smilie that pulls out its own hair.

[Orsino]

47. Will the Martin family receive a bill for the bullet? n/t