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Friday, August 8, 2008

Iraq vet questions gun raffle for Pa. kids league

Iraq vet questions gun raffle for Pa. kids league


MILLERSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — An Iraq war veteran says a youth football league in central Pennsylvania is using inappropriate prizes in a raffle fundraiser: rifles.

David Diaz, who served two years in Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division, said he doesn't want his 9-year-old daughter, a cheerleader, to sell tickets for the October nightly raffle.

"It doesn't seem right that we are using guns to raise money so they can play football," Diaz said.
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