Posted on 02/18/2013 6:42:29 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
CONCORD, N.H. - Police chiefs in New Hampshire wanted more money for a youth training program. A youth hockey team in North Dakota needed ice time.
Both saw giving away guns as the answer.
From car dealerships to political parties to hockey teams to, yes, even police chiefs, gun giveaways are an attractive way to make money or draw in customers. But in the wake of the deadly Connecticut school shootings, such raffles are drawing criticism as the ease of obtaining firearms fuels gun-control debates nationwide.
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One per day for the whole year.
There have been no raffles “under fire” from sensible or honest people. The only people going after firearm raffles are agenda driven gun grabbers who have shown no hesitation to climb over the bodies of dead children to try and advance their cuase. These are heartless ghouls and should be called such at every opportunity.
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