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Hayley Harding

Conservative group to give away AR-15 despite calls to cancel following Texas shooting

DETROIT — A conservative group plans to hold a candidate event where an AR-15 will be given away, even after a Democratic lawmaker representing the area called for it to be canceled following a shooting at a Texas elementary school.

Ronald Matte, listed in state filings as president of the Michigan Leadership Group, told The Detroit News that its event June 5 is going forward.

The weapon to be given away is similar in style to the one used by an 18-year-old suspect who killed 21 people, including 19 children, earlier this week. Matte said that he could not fathom the pain that community is going through.

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