Illinois Democrats criticized plans by the Kendall County Republican Party to raffle off a Smith & Wesson semi-automatic rifle similar to the one authorities say was used at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade shooting.
Smith & Wesson M&P15 semi-automatic rifles of the AR-15 style are displayed during the National Rifle Association annual meeting in Houston on May 28, 2022.
“It is inappropriate and offensive for the Kendall County Republican Party to raffle off an assault weapon at a political fundraiser, especially a gun so similar to the one used to take seven innocent lives in Highland Park just one week ago,” U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, chair of the state Democratic Party, said in a statement.
The Kendall County GOP on May 4 filed paperwork with the State Board of Elections to hold the raffle, records show. Among four guns to be raffled off July 24 is a Smith & Wesson 5.56/.223 semi-automatic rifle, according to the Kendall County Republican Party website.
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