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IL: Gun raffle sparks debate between local political parties
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McLean County Republicans are planning a party at the Normal CornBelters’ baseball game later this month and are welcoming the entire community, but not everyone was excited.
McLean County Democrats called out a big-ticket raffle item they felt was out of touch with recent events.
The GOP is raffling off a Rock Island 12-gauge shotgun in what the party calls a “Second Amendment Raffle.” Tickets are selling for $20 each. Democrats called this insensitive in the wake of the Highland Park massacre that killed seven people and wounded two dozen others at a Fourth of July parade. |
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shootergdv
(7/9/2022)
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| Sooo, how insensitive would it be to raffle off a new car , being as we know SOMEBODY died in a car wreck lately ? |
| Comment by:
shootergdv
(7/9/2022)
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| Sooo, how insensitive would it be to raffle off a new car , being as we know SOMEBODY died in a car wreck lately ? |
| Comment by:
shootergdv
(7/9/2022)
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| Sooo, how insensitive would it be to raffle off a new car , being as we know SOMEBODY died in a car wreck lately ? |
| Comment by:
shootergdv
(7/9/2022)
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| So would it be insensitive to raffle a new car, knowing folks that died in car wrecks ? |
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