Rick and the troups,
FOC did a great job at raising 30K from the community and handed 60K to the CCFR (link below)
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Seems like when there is a bone at the end, folks tend to be more generous so may I suggest you raffle 1 MS, then 1 MV, then 1 MH?
Or any other rifles any sponsors would be good enough to contribute?
I believe Greentips would gladly support/allow the initiative on CGN.
Sell 500 stickers (participations or tickets) at 50$ each. It could generate welcome monies to the legal fund.
Already donated several times but it seem donations are a little shy. Just trying to help to keep donations flowing in... and keep my guns!
We just did a fundraiser with Gravel Agency / Magpul / Vortex all donating a Rem 700, in magpul chassis, with vortex PST gen II 5-25 and RAzor 4000 range finder. We cannot do raffle's here, the AGLC (Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission) in our experience was not as accommodating as other provinces, so SFRC The Ammo Source managed the stickers. I cannot recall the exact number it raised, I believe it was $12,000. It actually just finished up last week and sold out in one day, so definitely something we are interested in continuing to do more of in the future.
Thanks Shaun for the explanation and I'd second the suggestion to find a way to keep the raffles going, even if it means working with other retail partners in the industry. I do donate, but I missed out on the last draw (sold out by the time I saw it) and would be more than happy to participate in ALL future draws, as I am sure many others would. I especially like the idea of a draw for ATRS firearms if the draw could be structured in a way that it commits to supplying the winners in the case of a court win, and in the unfortunate event that this legal action is drawn out or unsuccessful, then the participants assume the risk of possibly no "prize".
The ONLY way that we would move forward with any sort of raffle would be to raffle off something that we have. The last one was very tangible and I believe the rifle package has already been shipped to the new owner/winner. IIRC it is illegal to raffle or auction anything that is not readily available to be transferred.