Second prize in the March 20 drawing is described as a Mossberg .12Ga Pump action shotgun.
The Conservative Caucus motto: Ocean State Culture, Done Right has launched the raffle at a time when gun control is gaining ground at the Rhode Island State House.
The single largest obstacle to past action on these types of bills was then-House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, a Cranston Democrat with a consistent A rating from the NRA, who lost his bid for reelection in November.
Key members of new House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi s leadership team have F rankings from the NRA.
The lead sponsors of this year s gun-control package include new House Majority Leader Christopher Blazejewski and new House Majority Whip Katherine S. Kazarian and Rep. Justine Caldwell.