Two of America's leading auctioneers of guns refused on ethical grounds to handle the sale of the 9-mm pistol that George Zimmerman used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.
The firearm is so toxic that another auctioneer, the man who sold the revolver used to kill John F. Kennedy's assassin, said he would have wanted no part of the sale had he been approached by Zimmerman.
Zimmerman, a onetime neighborhood watch volunteer, is trying to sell the Kel-Tec PF-9 that he used to shoot the black Florida teenager in 2012, a case that convulsed the country and ignited debates on race relations, gun control and American justice.
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