MCHENRY, Ill. — A suburban Chicago gun shop is raffling a semi-automatic weapon to benefit victims of the nightclub shooting in Orlando.
Second Amendment Sports in McHenry, Ill., is selling tickets for $5 to win an AR-15 rifle similar to the one gunman Omar Mateen used when he opened fire in a gay nightclub June 12, leaving 49 people dead and 53 injured. It was the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
"We wanted to do something for the loss of lives and injuries that happened to people in Orlando," store owner Bert Irslinger Jr. told the Chicago Tribune.
The store isn't making a political statement, owners said.
"I understand that there are different opinions out there," said Vic Santi, store marketing director. "We don't look at this as a gun issue. We look at this as a terrorism issue."
Store owners plan to announce the winner July 31, when they open a new gun range and larger showroom.