{"id":3533,"date":"2022-06-02T11:10:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T15:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/?p=3533"},"modified":"2022-06-02T14:12:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T18:12:51","slug":"iowa-indoor-football-team-owner-reluctantly-postpones-ar-15-raffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/iowa-indoor-football-team-owner-reluctantly-postpones-ar-15-raffle\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa Indoor Football Team Owner (Reluctantly) Postpones AR-15 Raffle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this week, an Iowa indoor football team prepared to raffle off an AR-15 at their game on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last night, the owner wisely, yet reluctantly, postponed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deadly assault weapon giveaway was part of the Sioux City Bandits&#8217; annual &#8220;Military Night&#8221; celebration, with the proceeds benefitting veterans and veterans&#8217; services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The raffle was scheduled to take place roughly three weeks after the acts of domestic terrorism in Buffalo, NY and Ulvalde, TX where a combined 34 victims were murdered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those events were enough to put the raffle on hold, but not enough to cancel it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/sports\/football\/2022\/06\/01\/sioux-city-bandits-indoor-football-iowa-ar-15-assault-rifle-raffle-giveaway\/7476718001\/\">And from the words of team owner J.R. 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