February 18, 2018
From the “Really Bad Timing on Top of a
Really Bad Idea” Department:
Bad Idea: Third-graders selling raffle
tickets for an AR-15.
Bad Timing: Any time; but right after mass
killings at a school?
Bad Coincidence: An AR-15 was the weapon used
in the Florida school massacre.
Bad Luck: For anyone who thinks it’s a
terrible idea. The raffle for the Neosho (MO) traveling baseball team will
continue.
The coach initially referred to critics of
the idea as a “hate group” but then retracted that characterization, and said
that they were concerned citizens who had every right to stand up for what they
believed in.
That was awfully open-minded of him.
I should probably point out that I’m being a little
inconsistent here, because I don’t mind when adult groups raffle off hunting
rifles. But an AR-15 is not a hunting rifle; and to have kids selling raffle
tickets for one just increases the “ick” factor for me.
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