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May 14, 2012

Gun Retailer Sells Trayvon Shooting Target 
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An online gun retailer has sparked outrage over the sale of a shooting
target based on the likeness of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black
teenager shot dead in Florida earlier this year. The site, Gun
Broker.com, carried an advertisement from a Florida man offering a paper
silhouette depicting a hooded man holding skittles and iced tea —
the same items Martin was holding when self-appointment neighborhood
watchman George Zimmerman shot him dead. The unidentified seller says he
sold out of the targets in two days. They are no longer being listed
online.

 

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