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You're certainly entitled to your opinion, but given that it is clearly of the fringe variety (given that "loony left" is a fringe term) I don't think it represents the mainstream. A political party raffling off a cheap handgun in a district where a U.S. Congresswoman (of the opposing party) was recently shot in the head by a cheap handgun is simply crass behavior. Indisputable. That such crass behavior is constitutionally protected makes it no less crass.
The Pavlovian reaction is that of those who react without independent analysis of a specific situation.... for example, a gun club/shooting range raffle of a Glock 23 in such a locale would not be an extraordinary event. Since the usual suspects can be relied upon to defend any type of arms transaction, even including the personal ownership of nuclear weapons (as we are nearly seeing in another thread), the true origin of the Pavlovian reactions are rather clear.
cheap handgun? LOL you just stepped on it there.