Washington State GOP To Auction AR-15 Rifle At Fundraising Dinner

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The Washington State Republican Party has plans to auction an AR-15 rifle at its fundraising dinner, scheduled for this weekend, the Seattle Times reported Thursday. 

Washington State GOP Chair Kirby Wilbur told the paper that the group has auctioned weapons before. Asked about the recent controversy surrounding the guns, Wilbur reportedly said: “It’s also the best-selling weapon in America, I own two, they have never killed an innocent person.”

Read more at the Seattle Times.

h/t Political Wire.

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