George Zimmerman to auction pistol used in Trayvon Martin shooting

Former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman is auctioning off the gun he used in the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.

{mosads}The auction describes the gun as “a piece of American history.”

“The firearm for sale is the firearm that was used to defend my life and end the brutal attack from Trayvon Martin,” Zimmerman writes in the auction description.

Zimmerman says a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the gun will go toward opposing the Black Lives Matter movement, ending the career of Angela Corey, the special prosecutor who investigated the Trayvon Martin shooting, and putting a stop to “Hillary Clinton’s anti-firearm rhetoric.”

“They’re not going to be bidding on it, so I couldn’t care less about them,” Zimmerman said to critics of the auction in a local TV interview. “I’m a free American. I can do what I like with my possessions.”

Zimmerman, who was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting, was acquitted in July 2013.