nucklehead Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/third-graders-are-selling-ar-15-raffle-tickets-in-missouri/ar-BBJkSVQ?li=AAadgLE&ocid=spartanntp Quote Third-graders in a Missouri community are continuing to sell raffle tickets for an AR-15 to benefit their traveling baseball team after the same type of rifle was used to slaughter and injure dozens at a Florida school. Levi Patterson, the coach of a 9-and-under baseball team in Neosho, Mo., told The Star the idea was conceived before the shooting in Parkland, Fla. A father of one of the players — who co-founded Black Rain Ordnance Inc., a weapons purveyor in Neosho — offered the weapon for the raffle Patterson said by phone Saturday that he considered finding a different raffle item after Wednesday’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, but ultimately decided to “turn it into a positive thing” after “getting the hate.” “One of the people from the hate group turned in (a Facebook post about the raffle) for I don’t know what,” Patterson said. The post had shown a weapon next to the school logo, leading to fierce criticism by some until Facebook removed the post, according to Patterson. After this story was published, Patterson said he mistakenly said the critics were part of a hate group. He said he does not view them as a hate group but as a concerned group that has “every right to stand up for what they believe in.” “I applaud them for standing up for what they believe in. I just think they have feelings to this specific type of gun (that are) different than people around here do,” he said. Patterson said donations have poured in as the criticism reached a peak following the Florida shooting; people from as far away as Colorado offered to buy tickets on Facebook. The perpetrator in Florida killed 17 people and injured at least 14 with an AR-15 in six minutes. “Are you all tone deaf?” wrote Dan Weaver in a comment on Patterson’s page. “AR15 kills seventeen so you raffle a gun for child sports? Lord, people wake the hell up. Justify all you want but you are wrong, period.” Patterson responded by writing that “gun raffles have been going on for years. Evil has and will always exist. Our hearts break for those involved, and we do not take that lightly.” He also told The Star that he was not making a political statement with the raffle item. It was simply what had been offered by Black Rain. He said critics view the weapon as a “killing machine.” On Wednesday, Patterson took to Facebook to fire back at the “concerned group” critical of the raffle. “We appreciate your ‘concern’ but please understand, we are not, have not, and will not force one of our boys to sell raffle tickets for the Black Rain AR15 Spec 15, if they are uncomfortable doing so,” he wrote. He told The Star that all the players, who range in age from 7 to 9, are selling the raffle tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trek Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 This is why America is broken... How much is an AR15 anyways? If it is like $1500 couldn't they raffle off something less controversial like an iMac or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 'Murica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerrDrFunk Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Quote He said critics view the weapon as a “killing machine.” It is. It literally is a killing machine. What a tone deaf doofus. Of course there are more people donating money to the raffle now because 'Murica! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toni Zamboni Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 when i was a kid we used to sell chocolate bars to raise money for school trips?!?....times they are a changin'. smh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Haven't travelled down south since 9/11 and probably will never visit that country again. It's not that I am afraid I'd get shot, it's just that I view that country as the epicenter of ignorance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Raffle it off to someone mentally deranged.. he comes back and shoots the place up. Oops.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
189lb enforcers? Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Taste. Some people just don’t have it. Raffle off a car, err, those kill more people actually. Maybe just stick with sugary treats. Nope, damn, that kills people too. I give up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 "Levi Patterson, the coach of a 9-and-under baseball team in Neosho, Mo., told The Star the idea was conceived before the shooting in Parkland, Fla." Sure, but how many shootings came before the idea? Or have they already been forgotten? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toews Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 14 minutes ago, trek said: This is why America is broken... How much is an AR15 anyways? If it is like $1500 couldn't they raffle off something less controversial like an iMac or something? It doesn't make sense practically either. Why would you raffle off something that only gun owners would have interest in? Though admittedly I haven't quite looked at what gun ownership is like in Missouri, maybe a large % of the population owns guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, goalie13 said: "Levi Patterson, the coach of a 9-and-under baseball team in Neosho, Mo., told The Star the idea was conceived before the shooting in Parkland, Fla." Sure, but how many shootings came before the idea? Or have they already been forgotten? 18 minutes ago, nucklehead said: Patterson said by phone Saturday that he considered finding a different raffle item after Wednesday’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, but ultimately decided to “turn it into a positive thing” after “getting the hate.” Turning a mass shooting into a positive thing, FFS WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwags Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 16 minutes ago, HerrDrFunk said: It is. It literally is a killing machine. What a tone deaf doofus. Of course there are more people donating money to the raffle now because 'Murica! What the &^@# else would you call it? An anti-terrorist device? Actually... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 I used to participate in skate-a-thons. we would go door to door and get the neighbours to sponsor us per lap of the rink. but guns will work instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWMc1 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Old age kills more people than guns. Ban old age. Sorry for those idiotic statements. Doh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Baseball apple pie ar-15 the interwoven tapestry that is the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJSkingz Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Clearly America is broken. It has been for some time. It is only now coming to light due to there being a complete idiot at the helm. The cracks were always visible but someone was able to hold them together. There is no more glue to hold it together and is now falling apart at an alarming rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 4 minutes ago, DJSkingz said: Clearly America is broken. It has been for some time. It is only now coming to light due to there being a complete idiot at the helm. The cracks were always visible but someone was able to hold them together. There is no more glue to hold it together and is now falling apart at an alarming rate. Chris Higgins for POTUS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokes Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Why do ordinary citizens in this day and age need such a powerful weapon? Is it a my gun is bigger then your gun type of deal? I don't understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toews Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 17 minutes ago, smokes said: Why do ordinary citizens in this day and age need such a powerful weapon? Is it a my gun is bigger then your gun type of deal? I don't understand. Have you ever collected anything like hockey/baseball cards, anime cards (Pokemon/Yugioh) etc. This is no different. No citizen has any practical use for an AR-15 but gun nuts value their hobby over the lives of children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokes Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 5 minutes ago, Toews said: Have you ever collected anything like hockey/baseball cards, anime cards (Pokemon/Yugioh) etc. This is no different. No citizen has any practical use for an AR-15 but gun nuts value their hobby over the lives of children. If that is what is expected of people buying those weapons then they should not be able to buy the bullets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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