NRA Hosts 'Banned Gun Giveaway' Spotlighting Weapon Used by Uvalde Shooter

• The NRA held a “banned weapons” raffle featuring the same weapon used to kill 21 people in Texas.

• The contest began a day before the shooting and continued for four days afterward.

• Despite protests, the NRA also continued its annual meeting in Houston, Texas, just days after the shooting.

As part of its Banned Guns Giveaway, the National Rifle Association this week raffled off a Daniel Defense DDM4 V7 rifle – the same pistol used days earlier in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. which killed 21 people.

“The NRA is giving away 12 world-class weapons that Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi want to ban!” ” reads the website and advertisements for the NRA contest, which began just a day before the shooting and lasted four days afterward.

The NRA did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

Although there have been renewed calls for gun control measures to be passed since the shooting, no national legislation has moved forward and Texas Governor Greg Abbott has refused to endorse the new state laws. Condition following the shooting.

The prize is one of several firearms raffled off in the competition and includes the same model weapon used in the Robb Elementary School mass shooting, as well as 1,000 rounds of ammunition. No additional entries are being accepted for this competition, although several other weapons will be drawn through September.

The NRA has been at the center of ongoing protests since the organization opted to move forward with plans for its annual conference in Houston, Texas, just days after a Uvalde school shooting killed 19 students and two teachers and injured 17 others.

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