Only in America, what were they thinking?

The Saint Helens Girls Softball League needed to raise money, so they brainstormed on ideas, and came up with the idea of  a raffle of an AR-15 assault rifle to raise money for the girls, aged 8 to 16.  The assault rifle was donated by a good samaritan.  On their website, the Amateur Softball Association of America lists the sales of magazine, cookie dough, jerky and lollipops as ways to raise money for teams.  Assault rifles are not a preferred fund raising product.