Letter: AR-15, really?

June 5, 2022

I am a resident of Ashland. My husband and I are speechless after reading that Ashland Gun Club is raffling off an AR-15 at its event Saturday, June 4. How insensitive, inappropriate, ignorant and just plain stupid. Especially right after the Texas shooting.
Kate Boutwell
Ashland

(Note: After this story was published, the club president said the AR-15, which was donated for the raffle a couple months prior to the event, would be withdrawn from the raffle.)

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