Posted on 02/27/2018 5:50:59 AM PST by BBell
A Washington Parish parents group will be raffling 30 guns in March - including two AR-15 rifles like the one used in the recent mass killing at a Florida high school - to raise money for a Project Graduation event for seniors at Bowling Green School in Franklinton.
Tickets for the raffle, dubbed "30 Days /30 Guns" cost $30 each, with 1,000 tickets to be sold, according to a school Facebook post that was published more than a week before the Florida school massacre but was recently taken down. The Feb. 5 post, sent to NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune, said a gun would be awarded as a prize each day starting March 1.
"Support BGS Project Grad!" it said. "Only a few gun raffle tickets remaining - call the school to secure yours before they're gone!"
The guns to be raffled include pistols, rifles and shotguns, but also two AR-15 rifles, the type a former student used in a Feb. 14 rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Seventeen people, mostly students, were killed. The weapon has also been used in other mass shootings in recent years, stirring controversy over gun control laws.
Beverly Young, principal of the small private K-12 school in Franklinton, could not be reached by phone for an interview about the raffle. However, she emailed a statement Monday that said, "Bowling Green School is neither selling guns nor raffling guns. What you may be referring to is a 'Project Grad' fundraiser that started in early fall."
Such graduation events are held at schools across the country, providing a fun and safe, alcohol-free post-graduation environment for seniors.
In the statement, Young acknowledged that parents of this year's class have undertaken as one of their fundraisers a raffle in which the winners will receive credit for
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I work with a character development organization for boys. Unfortunately, our bylaws don’t allow for games of chance to be used as fundraisers. Otherwise, I’d be all over an AR-15 raffle.
I’d be printing tickets today.
Anytime money is wagered for any goods or service, one takes a chance that they will not fully realize the worth of their money - some bake sale goods taste like crap and some car washes don't clean cars. The only sure ting about a fundraiser is that some of the funds raised will go to the cause they are being raised for - unless it's a Dem event.....
I don’t disagree, but I got to work within the rules
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