Elliot Fineman: Firearm Raffle = Murdering Firefighters

Lockport IL IAFF Local 1544 is raffling off some guns to raise money for the firehouse and a local food pantry. All winners must go through an FFL and background check.  Apparently that's not enough.

The nutballs at the NGAC have likened that directly to arson and murder. 

This week Oregon City police said an 88-year-old man set fire to his house as a lure and fatally shot a volunteer reserve police officer. Last Christmas Eve, a convicted felon in Webster, NY set fire to his house and shot four firefighters, two fatally. Four days later an Alabama man lured and shot at firefighters and in March an arsonist/gunman in Herkimer, NY did the same thing. Undaunted by links between arson and gun violence, you raffled off 12 guns this year to raise money. The grand prize is a Smith and Wesson AR-15 assault rifle. What?
LIFE SAFETY SPECIALISTS WHO RISK THE PUBLIC SAFETY, YOU, LOCKPORT FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 1544, ARE THE NRA PUPPET OF THE WEEK.

The ICHV claims it will result in more 'accidents and suicides'.  Can there be any 'discussion' or 'compromise' w/ people who are inherently opposed to ALL firearm ownership no matter their PC claims to the contrary? 

Gun Control is a mental illness.

I certainly think supporting the firehouse is a good thing.