{"id":17708,"date":"2020-06-30T00:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T21:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/upstate-new-york-church-faces-backlash-for-ar-15-giveaway\/"},"modified":"2020-06-30T00:28:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T21:28:00","slug":"upstate-new-york-church-faces-backlash-for-ar-15-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/upstate-new-york-church-faces-backlash-for-ar-15-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"#Upstate New York church faces backlash for AR-15 giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Upstate New York church faces backlash for AR-15 giveaway<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>        June 29, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 5:28pm         <\/p>\n<div id=\"featured-image-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"slideshow-15910176-1\">\n<div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WinAR15w\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/WinAR15w.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            Grace Baptist Church in Troy, New York was raffling off an AR-15 rifle.                                                         <\/p>\n<p>Google Maps\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WinAR15ww\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/WinAR15ww.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WinAR15\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/WinAR15.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                Up Next\n                <\/p>\n<article target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/06\/29\/high-end-nyc-hotels-not-sanitizing-rooms-changing-sheets\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n                    <picture><source data- data- media=\"(min-width: 640px)\"  ><source data- data- media=\"(max-width: 639px)\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"><\/img><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/06\/29\/high-end-nyc-hotels-not-sanitizing-rooms-changing-sheets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                Some high-end Manhattan hotels aren\u2019t thoroughly cleaning rooms between guests&#8230;<br \/>\n                    <\/article>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                        An upstate New York church faced backlash after it held an assault rifle giveaway during its weekly service.<\/p>\n<p>Grace Baptist Church in Troy drew protesters Sunday morning with its flyers to \u201cWIN A FREE AR-15,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> station WRGB reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s extreme poor taste, the time that they decided to raffle off a rifle when we have all of the shootings going on in all of our communities,\u201d protester Steven Negron told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn AR-15 is completely unnecessary in this community. Even as a hunting rifle I mean that\u2019s not really the type of rifle used to hunt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pastor John Koletas said the church held the giveaway to honor hunters and gun owners who have \u201cbeen so viciously attacked by anti-Christian <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ist policies,\u201d news station WNYT reported.<\/p>\n<p>The church had previously raffled off assault rifles, hosting giveaways at least twice before in 2014 and again in 2017, WRGB reported. 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