Someone emailed me this info. I don't know if it's real. Since I live in Canada it's unfortunately of no interest to me even if it is 100% real, since getting handguns up here is not a simple process.
Anyway, here's the email I received. Judge for yourself. I uploaded the pic he sent so you can see it.
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I have for sale the actual murder weapon used by Gary Gilmore for two slayings.The case that reinstated the death penalty in America. See attached files for full info. Know anyone interested?
--- Dennis Stilson
[email protected]
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He attached this in a wordperfect document:
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This was certainly a tragic incident. But history always has a price. This is considered one of the most high profile cases in American history because it reinstated the death penalty after more than a decade of no capital punishment in the U.S., the only time in American history. Very few known murder weapons have ever been available. This pistol was used in both slayings committed by Gilmore and a shot through his own hand while trying to hide the murder weapon in bushes.
A book ?The Executioners Song? also made into a movie by the same name starring Tommy Lee Jones, which won him an Emmy, and Rosanna Arquette.. Playboy magazine did interviews with Gary Gilmore while in Utah State prison. Released in April 1977 issue. Another book written by Gary Gilmore?s brother titled ?A Shot to the Heart? was also released as a movie on HBO October 2001.
Package includes Actual murder weapon, Browning Challenger .22 LR., Video ?The Executioners Song?, Both books ?The Executioners Song? and ?A shot to the Heart?, Newspaper articles, Playboy magazine with Gilmore interview, and FBI lab report and Utah State court letters authenticating the murder weapon.
. Thank you, Dennis Stilson 801-362-3408
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Here's some info from google on Gimore:
http://www.crimelibrary.com/notoriou..._1.html?sect=2