Student newspaper catching heat over gun raffle.

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It's different, anyhow rather than raffling off a ski trip or free movie passes

(Only thing I ever won in a raffle was a parakeet).

Rifle raffle triggers ruckus at Clemson
Independent student newspaper's editor hopes to raise money, awareness of 2nd Amendment

Published: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 6:00 am

By Ron Barnett
STAFF WRITER
[email protected]

CLEMSON -- An independent student newspaper at Clemson University that last week published Danish cartoons of Muhammad is sponsoring a drawing this week for an AK-47 assault rifle, stirring some student and faculty protests.

Andrew Davis, editor-in-chief of the conservative tabloid The Tiger Town Observer, said his purpose is to celebrate the Second Amendment's guarantee of the right to bear arms.

"The Second Amendment is probably one of the least respected amendments that we have, mainly because there's not enough education about firearms," the political science major from Surfside Beach said. "So we're hoping that this event will raise awareness for firearms and incite some very good discussions about the Second Amendment and gun rights."

The AK-47 and a .22 Marlin magnum rifle offered as second prize will never be on campus, Davis said. The winners will get gift certificates to pick up their prizes off campus.

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[Squatch]

1. AK-47 semiautomatic rifle to be more exact

[JeffR]

2. Jeez

Wonder if the winner also gets free membership in "a well regulated militia", seeing as how THAT'S also a part of the Amendment...

[Squatch]

5. don't worry...if you're an able-bodied male, you're already a member

of the militia

[KittyWampus]

3. Someone should show up at raffle drawing with enlistment forms

[davepc]

4. How did they afford a Class III federally restricted firearm?

They retail for about $25,000. On top of the BATF background check, FBI fingerprints, non announced inspections by the BATF agents of its storage space, and permission slip from the owners chief law enforcement officer in the jurisdiction they plan to keep the rifle in.

Maybe they're auctioning off a semi-automatic rifle that looks like an AK-47. Those are only 700 bucks.