DaddyBear started it, and I’m continuing it…

If you’ve been following the news lately, you’ve seen the reports that a former Navy guy, who was a professional wrestler with a penchant for feather boas, who then became governor of a northern state, who then became the boogieman of a conspiracy nut and libertarian that the left-wing of American politics can point at, sued Chris Kyle, Navy SEAL, sniper, and all-around good guy, because Kyle may or may not have said in his autobiography that he punched the son of a gun out.

After Kyle was killed by one of the veterans he was trying to help, the lawsuit was shifted to his estate, meaning that it was shifted to Kyle’s wife and kids.  Yes, this fine gentleman, who claimed that Kyle’s book intimated that he got punched in the mouth after running said mouth, decided it was better to try to take food out of the mouthes of the children of a fallen hero than to quietly and respectfully walk away.  Somehow, he won in court, and could be getting a couple million dollars out of the deal. (of which only $500K is paid by the publisher, the rest is on the family)…

American Snipers is stepping forward to try to help out.  They are holding a raffle, at $10 a chance, on some good guns and gear, with all proceeds going to Chris Kyle’s family.  There are going to be five winners, with the winners getting their choice from the pool of prizes.

I’m going to issue a matching challenge here:  For the first 25 of you all that buy a ticket and send a copy of your email receipt to oldnfo (at) oldnfo.org, I will also purchase a ticket.  That will put an extra $500 toward a good cause.

So, hit the raffle, buy a ticket, send me the receipt, and hopefully on the last day of SHOT Show 2015 one of us will be happier. Win or lose, a bit less of Chris Kyle’s estate will be sent to former whatever’s that feel the need to take money from widows and orphans.