Don’t miss the upcoming skuzzball autograph party: Rose Law Group Reporter Gripe of the Week
By Phil Riske, managing editor
Were I a bookstore owner or events planner, I would hold what would certainly be the largest and most notable autograph party ever.
Consider this list of autograph signers:
Jeffrey Dahmer, Dennis Rader, Ted Bundy, David Berkowitz, Richard Ramierz, Richard DeSalvo, Wayne Williams, John Wayne Gacey, Gary Ridegeway, Charles Manson, John Hinkley, Lee Harvey Oswald, Mark David Chapman, James Earl Ray, OJ Simpson, Jodi Arias and Sirhan Sirhan.
Am I nuts? Nope.
George Zimmerman, the man who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, was the featured guest at a central Florida gun show last weekend, where he autographed photographs for customers. Organizers of the New Orlando Gun Show almost canceled the event because of backlash, but instead agreed to relocate Zimmerman’s signing to a smaller venue.
Zimmerman wanted to return a favor to The Arms Room, an Orlando gun store that supported him after he killed Martin. “The concept of being able to pay them back for what they did for me and seeing my supporters face to face was something I just couldn’t pass up,” Zimmerman told Fox 35. On Twitter, he described the controversy as “another company bowing to threats of being labeled racist.”
Who’s to blame for this blasphemy—Zimmerman or the gun store?
Neither , it’s the people who did or would attend an event to celebrate murderous skuzzballs.
Have we no shame?
