Zimmerman Tries To Auction Gun Used To Kill Teen
TAPPER: Welcome back to THE LEAD. The nerve of George Zimmerman today. He appears to be desperate to auction off the gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin back in 2012. Zimmerman calls it a piece of American history. Opening bids for his .9 millimeter pistol started at $5,000 but his first attempt to sell this gun didn't go quite as planned. I want to bring in CNN's Polo Sandoval. Polo, you've been texting with George Zimmerman this afternoon. What did he tell you about moving his gun auction from one website to another?</s>POLO SANDOVAL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, the first question, Jake, why was did he do that. We do understand that Zimmerman is at odds with gunbroker.com, which was the initial web site that listed this weapon that he allegedly used in that shooting right there. Zimmerman actually sent me a message saying that, quote, "Unfortunately, Gun Broker was not prepared for the traffic and the publicity surrounding the auction of my firearm." That's why he eventually went to another web site. But then you hear from gunbroker.com, who are also weighing in with a statement of their own that they posted on their web site. Here saying, quote, "our site rules state that we reserve the right to reject listing at our sole discretion and we have done so with the Zimmerman listing. We want no part with in the listing on our web site or any publicity that it is receiving." Which is important to mention that that is what makes this difference. Meanwhile, you have unitedgungroup.com, which is a web site that is currently listing Zimmerman's pistol. And I can tell you that really just a few moments ago that the actual web site went down. I checked online a little while ago to try to access it. I spoke to the owner of that web site and he says that they have seen more traffic in the last 15 minutes than they have seen in the last several months. You're looking at the posting right now. In it, you can see that he lays out the details of it. The owner of this web site telling me that they are working right now to try to restore that web site so that they can get the auction back up and running -- Jake.</s>TAPPER: All right, Polo Sandoval, thank you so much. Appreciate it. Flying to your summer vacation destination this year could be a little cheaper. Plus, the airport security lines could move a little faster if some lawmakers get their way. How? We'll explain next.