Gun Policy News
Texas School Raffle for Safety of Children Offers Guns as Prizes
26 November 2004
Australian (Sydney)
To raise money for a local school project, residents in Lampasas, Texas, are turning to a time-honoured tradition, the raffle. But their fundraiser has a unique twist — the winner walks off with two rifles.
Lampasas, located in central Texas Hill Country, wants to raise about $US15,000 to build a fence around parts of Hanna Springs Intermediate School, where a known sexual predator has been seen near campus.
Officials said it is easier to raise money selling guns in... (GunPolicy.org)