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Political Fundraiser Offers AR-15 as Raffle Prize

A flyer for the Red Wave Rally, a Mississippi political fundraiser, features a chance for people to win an AR-15. Other raffle prizes could be anything from sho...
Hosting Red Wave Rally

It is a raffle prize with a lot of firepower.

A flyer for the Red Wave Rally, a Mississippi political fundraiser, features a chance for people to win an AR-15. Other raffle prizes could be anything from shotguns to pistols.

Kendall Prewett is hosting the fundraiser in Nesbit next Thursday.

“No ma’am there’s no concern. They’ll have a background check which will be for felonies. They will have to do a background check in order to receive the gun,” Prewett said when asked if he was concerned the guns could fall into the wrong hands.

“Why not give a flat screen tv away? Or something somebody can use and not kill another human being,” said DeSoto County resident Terrance Newson after he heard about the flyer.

The AR-15 has been at the center of many debates after it was identified as the weapon used in numerous mass shootings from a high school in Parkland, Florida to a concert in Las Vegas.

“It’s not a big deal and in fact our campaign gave out gun earlier this year,” said republican Chris McDaniel, a current Mississippi State Senator and candidate for Mississippi’s U.S. Senate seat.

McDaniel will be a special guest at the Red Wave Rally. He agreed with Prewett Friday saying he stands for the Second Amendment and believes the people who could win one of the guns are law-abiding and responsible citizens.

“I realize there are some sensitivity, but I think my civil liberties are much more important than some people’s sensitivities,” said McDaniel.

Prewett said they will have law enforcement at the fundraiser, and they expect about 500 people to attend.

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