This is Sick!!!!!

elmos608

Has anyone seen this! Checkout Auction # 2397853 Gary Gilmore's 22cal. Buckmark, murder weapon. I've heard about this murder-orabilia, but have never see it. How can a piece of evidence be sold? I really hope its just a scam.

njretcop

How about the gun used by Jack Ruby to murder Lee Harvey Oswald, sold for $220,000 on auction. Sick indeed.......Charlie

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royc38

You are right. It is sick. Somebody trying to make some serious money from something terrible.

gruntled

Maybe. What would you pay for a proven Billythe Kid, or Jessee James or other such gun?

218Beekeep

Good point gruntled,I suppose time has washed away some of their sins..218

M.Opaliski

I see nothing sick or twisted about it, if it's not for you ... move on to other choices.

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mlincoln

I imagine that the relatives and friends of those he killed with the gun might find something offensive about it. While I do not know these people, I too find something offensive about it. It is profitting from the pain and sorrows of others. Think about it: if the gun had not been used to kill, would the fellow be asking such a huge amount of money for it? People have a right to sell such things, but GB has a right not to allow them to sell it here. I see that they have taken it off and I commend them for doing so.

ibtrukn

Matthew: Rock On !!

boeboe

There is a pawn shop outside of Ft. Riley, Kansas, close to Junction City. I think the town was Oberlin. I don't remember the pawn shop name, but stopped in while on my way through once. The owner had several newspaper clipping about how he was trying to recover the .22 pistol Terry Nicholes (partner of Tim McVeigh) had purchased from him with a bad check. The check bounced, and he wants his pistol back. Nicholes attorneys had offered to pay him for the gun, but he was saying no way, he wanted the gun back. No doubt he realizes this will be the equivalent of a gun which can documentably be traced to Frank James at some point in the future. Nicholes attorneys probably know the same thing.McVeigh and Nicholes attended many gun shows in the midwest, and reportably sold several guns at these shows. No doubt there are several such guns around, if they could be documented. With proper documentation they will probably be worth a premium in the future, whether or not the premium is justified. As I recall, Wyatt Earp sold several handguns and enjoyed enough notariety that they commanded something of a premium even while he was alive. I would suspect someone like Earp would have gone through several handguns, just as many of us have. After he became famous, those he sold went for a premium, in much the same way that a baseball legend would go through autographed baseballs. I have seen a couple of handguns that were reportably owned and sold by Earp.[This message has been edited by boeboe (edited 11-20-2001).]

usmc2498215

I would not have any problem seperating some idiot from his $220,000.00, for a .22 pistol, as long as ALL the proceeds from that sale went to the families of the victims. Remember the guy who spent thousands of dollars to purchase all of John Wayne Gacy's artwork, then he burned them all, that was a class act.

jonk

I see small difference between a murder weapon and a military weapon used in a major conflict. Both have blood on them, and you either accept that or not. Remember, killing in war is still killing.

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