Episcopal priest wins AR-15 in raffle that he will now destroy
An Episcopal priest won an AR-15 that was being raffled by a girls softball team for a trip to California, and will now destroy the weapon.
The winner of a controversial AR-15 rifle raffle by an Oregon softball team is a Lake Oswego church reverend, who now plans to destroy the weapon.
Christ Church Episcopal Parish Rev. Jeremy Lucas purchased 150 $20 tickets, valued at $3,000, to win the rifle.
Lucas said he learned of the rifle raffle from KATU's news partners at Willamette Week. The Oregon's Big League Girls' All Star Softball Team was trying to fundraise a trip to California to play in a tournament through a raffle. The grand prize was an AR-15 rifle.
"I hate that we live in a world where a girls' softball team feels like they have to raffle off a rifle to get enough money to go play a game," he said.
Fr. Lucas offered to pay for the trip but since the raffle started they couldn't legally call it off. And of course since he plans to destroy the gun he's now getting threats. Ugh. I'm glad he's taking a stand here.
