Anti-Gun Hysteria Pipes Up Over Cheerleading Raffle Tickets

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Posted August 25, 2019 8:30 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

Raffling items off is a time-honored tradition. It’s almost a rite of passage in childhood to have to sell raffle tickets.

And by that I mean to have the parents sell the tickets.

Raffles often include all kinds of items, anything from something pretty mundane to resort vacations and new cars. Firearms, in particular, have been popular items to raffle. Folks like guns and will happily kick a few bucks in for a good cause and a chance to pick up a new weapon. It’s nothing new.

Further, I haven’t been able to find anyone who has used a firearm they got in a raffle illegally. I’m sure it must have happened, but I haven’t been able to find an example.

That doesn’t matter for some parents. They’re upset their daughters’ cheerleading league is selling raffle tickets for a chance to win an AR-15.

An elementary school cheerleading league is facing criticism after asking students to sell raffle tickets for a semi-automatic rifle.

Heather Chilton said her 7-year-old daughter was asked to sell tickets for an AM-15 optic ready rifle to raise money for the New Richmond Junior Lions Football and Cheer program in Ohio, according to CNN affiliate WXIX.
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