STARNES: Team cancels 'Second Amendment Night'- STARNES: I got banned from Facebook

By Todd Starnes

A minor league baseball team in Alabama shot down a Second Amendment Night promotion after receiving national criticism for their plan to raffle three weapons.

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The Huntsville Stars canceled Wednesdays nights promotion after getting counsel from the Southern League and Minor League Baseball headquarters, a team spokesperson told Fox News.

Minor League Baseball advised us that it would be best if we didnt hold the promotion, Nicole Collins said. Were just trying to protect the game.

The promotion had been sponsored by Larrys Pistol and Pawn. The winners of the raffle would have received certificates they could later redeem for a gun provided they met the legal criteria.

Collins said local opinion on Second Amendment Night was divided.

We didnt expect this national attention, she said.

General Manager Buck Rogers told The Huntsville Times the original intent of the promotion was to celebrate American patriotism.

One of the hot button issues right now is the Second Amendment that everybodys running from, he told the newspaper last Tuesday. Were not touching base on First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, abortion or any of that type of stuff. A lot of stuff makes people uncomfortable.Maybe its time Americans basically said, Hey, whats going on? Whats wrong with this? Day in and day out, peoples rights are being taken away. The government is spying. Weve got phone companies selling our information the whole nine yards.

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STARNES: Team cancels 'Second Amendment Night'- STARNES: I got banned from Facebook