Want to Win A Gun?
- An Illinois Little League insists there is no political agenda behind its fundraiser raffling off an AR-15 rifle.
Owners of Atwood Armory and the Atwood-Hammond Little League Atwood, Ill., came under media scrutiny in the past week following the start of their AR-15 raffle to raise funds for the financially struggling Little League.
Some media outlets have reported that the rifle is similar to the one used in Newtown, Conn., in December when 20 children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
The Little League’s commissioner, Steven McClain, 33, denied that it was the same type of gun and said he did not factor in the Newtown massacre into his decision to raffle the gun.
“I have kids. Every board member of the league has kids,” he told ABCNews.com. “I’m deeply saddened about what happened. But we don’t believe it’s the gun’s fault.”
So far, the Little League has raised $10,000 - their last fundraiser netted them ten bucks for a hog. So this is definitely a step in the right direction. If you'd like to buy a ticket, they're on sale until 28 June. The drawing is 29 June. And since most of our readers already have an FOID and have passed background checks, you're already qualified to win. Here's the info (it's from their open source Facebook page):
- RAFFLE #2 INFO: This is for the Atwood-Hammond Little League Raffle. We are raffling off a ROCK RIVER ARMS TACTICAL OPERATOR 2. Last day to purchase tickets is June 28 as the drawing is June 29. Tickets are $20 each and can be purchased at ATWOOD ARMORY or by sending a check or money order made out to ATWOOD ARMORY, 65 E CR 1175 N, Atwood, IL 61913. You can purchase if you live out of state, however, we will not ship this firearm to a restricted area. It is your responsibility to know the laws for the state or area in which you live. Thank you so much for your support!!
As Rahm would say, "It's for the children," so you know it can't be bad.
UPDATE: They are also raffling off a second AR-15 to raise money for the Camden Foundation to fight childhood cancer. That drawing is 30 March. The specifics:
UPDATE: They are also raffling off a second AR-15 to raise money for the Camden Foundation to fight childhood cancer. That drawing is 30 March. The specifics:
- RAFFLE INFO:: Raffle #1 is for the Camden Foundation, a local non-profit organization that helps the families of children who are dealing with childhood cancer. The last day for ticket sales is March 29 as the drawing is March 30. We are raffling off a ROCK RIVER ARMS ENTRY OPERATOR AR15. Tickets are just $20 each and can be purchased in person at ATWOOD ARMORY or via mail by mailing a check made out to ATWOOD ARMORY, 65 E CR 1175 N, Atwood, IL 61913. Please designate that you would like it to go towards the Camden Foundation Raffle. Thank you for your support!
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posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
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Ok, here is the real story behind VRI. First off the city didn't want a msf/tru unit because of two things.. First because they wanted more in patrol. Second is because of the negative stigma and press these units bring. Msf and tru were accounting for many of the cr numbers and lawsuits filed. So, the city found that they still needed the visibility but didn't want the lawsuits. Somewhat do they do? They offer VRI on days off. They know guys are not going to go nuts on a day off making money. Many are old timers and others who are working it are gonna take it easy and just get some activity like Parker's, movers, anovs and I pounds etc. poof. Revenue, manpower, high visibility, happy cops making money and minimal beefs and next to zero lawsuits with a dramatic drop in crime (so far, we will see about summer). So, msf and tru like units will not be back. This is a major win win for the city. They can slow hiring and avoid paying into the pension and medical for new hires, get revenue from VRI and have visibility and not have the lawsuits and "harassment" of stopping anything that walks by specialized units. And it is true. When I work VRI it's all Parker's, a mover and maybe an anov. I don't jump out on anyone and the white shirts are happy and so am I. Hey, we can cry about hiring all we want but as long as there is unlimited overtime at time and a half I'm fine...
Figures the asshole in the media circus would throw their BS into a worthy cause.... in case a clown is reading, it wasn't an AR that was used...
Tell the assholes in the media to learn how to read. The AR15 the bad guy had was found in his car. It was not used to shoot Children.
Count me in :)
This is a great idea and fund-raising for a good cause.
If we wan to criticize people, let's criticize those who will cut all budgets out for kids and then wonder why they are on the street corner flashing gang signs.
If you want to invest in the future, let's start putting money in the right places, and not wasting money.
Not a LEO, JAFO.
Why does the lame stream media keep repeating this of an AR-15 used in crime scene in sandy hook ? ! It was not used! What was used was 4 handguns. Glock a SIG and smith and Wesson M&P get it right Media. The Brady bill law that the Democrats had for 10 years did nothing.
Do you think "Sh--cago" is a restricted area for shipping?
Driving down there would be a nice excursion and a great F U to tiny dancer.
Bought one for the Camden Foundation. Raffle for an AR-15 plus give cancer a kick in the nuts? I'm in.
We raffled off an Easton aluminum bat for our shooting club...it didn't work out.
Seiser runs it. Good job Seiser
What is TRU and MSF?
Idiot leftist scum! Think of how stupid their argument is. It's the same type of gun, so it must be evil.
If that nut job had gone to the school and beaten the brains out of kids with a baseball bat, would you want to ban that type of bat?
It's the individual, not the object you stupid socialist fuck heads. Your political subversion is growing old.
Shiiiiiiit. the AR is pointless because you cant even buy the ammo to shoot it. thats how the govenrment is gonna get you. limit the supply of ammo rendering those mean old firemars usless. they should raffle of some ammo, theyd probably make even more money.
Hey, we can cry about hiring all we want but as long as there is unlimited overtime at time and a half I'm fine...
3/18/2013 02:54:00 AM
You are being very short sighted, office. Many suburban departments screw their officers by hiring part time officers who get a better rate of pay and no limit on overtime. They are scabs.
The city was slick enough to let you be your own scab. They don't have to pay a salary and benefits with the pension by hiring the proper staffing levels when they can get you on the cheap to work all your days off like a slave. I don't begrudge anyone for making extra money, but you should know that you're slitting your own throat in the long run. Less new hires, less into the pension system, more work for you, more dangerous work environment.
Hey, we can cry about hiring all we want but as long as there is unlimited overtime at time and a half I'm fine...
3/18/2013 02:54:00 AM
whore.
Tuesday FOP meeting please attend.
A lot of small Indiana towns raffle guns as fundraisers. Last summer the VFW in the town we were visiting were raffling off three beautiful engraved silver and gold plated 30-30s. Needless to say, i put my couple bucks in. Couple members were telling me that nothing comes close to the money they raise with the guns.
Some media outlets have reported that the rifle is similar to the one used in Newtown, Conn., in December when 20 children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
But I thought Adam Lanza used a Sig and a Glock....
Gun In Trunk Tentatively Identified As Sig Sauer 556 Rifle: Sandy Hook
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7UfyH5RUbE
Here is a video of an officer removing an assault rifle from Lanza's car.
???????
That's so cool to raffle off an AR15. Nothing more than a tool.
Well done!
3/18/2013 02:54:00 AM
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WOW, you're a genius!! You must be super smart to have cracked open the big secret!
Give this man a merit promotion. We can't let his smarts go to waste!
Anyone see or hear this madness?
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/03/15/video-feds-swoop-in-on-metra-train-after-detecting-nuclear-risk/
Best money I've spent all year.
The major media stations and papers have reporters who are either stupid or they won't tell the whole story,or it's edited out by the mope;s in charge. There was no assault type or ar15 rifle used in the shooting at Sandy Hook. Remember people these are not the honest reporters of years past, just a bunch of clowns lead around by station chiefs who are mostly commies or socialists.
Once again, an ar-15 wasn't used at conn. The mentally challenged individual used handguns. The ar never came out of his trunk
McCarthy will issue a directive as soon as Rham dictates to him prohibiting all police from buying tickets to the raffle and any other raffles like this one where a rifle or gun is given as a prize!
Hope the kids out there get a lot of money from the raffle. Little league keep kids focused and who can ask for more.
Wrong. It WAS an AR that was used in Sandy Hook. Like it or not it is what it is.
Sieser runs it Geiger sucks.
The real Amish live in Douglas County.. not the fake ones like in Cook. Of course in Douglas County crimes are measured in the teens and not the hundreds of thousands.... but you have to like corn and beans to live there....
“I have kids. Every board member of the league has kids,” he told ABCNews.com. “I’m deeply saddened about what happened. But we don’t believe it’s the gun’s fault.”
Absolutely. Affluent white people in luxury bedroom communities can qualify for the Idiot Parent Award too.
What kind of person, when faced with a bug-eyed, walks-with-a-half-step-in-more-ways-than-one, uncommunicative, semi-functional offspring, leaves them in the care of "KILL THEM ALL" on the computer game for hundreds of hours while they themselves go out warming a bar stool and being the toast of the town -- and then takes Problem to the range and trains him on a variety of modern firearms and gives him the keys to the gun safe?
What kind of outcome was this woman expecting -- I know, I know. If she thought about anything at all, huh?
"Owners of Atwood Armory and the Atwood-Hammond Little League Atwood, Ill., came under media scrutiny in the past week following the start of their AR-15 raffle to raise funds for the financially struggling Little League."
So go ahead and "scrootin," as our former mayor would have it.
Heard a radio story this morning -- reporters are becoming unsure of the security of their jobs.
Nobody buying all this, huh?
It must be said -- there are a lot more normal people in this country, and they can choose to simply ignore the endless trumpeting of a tiny pressure group and hold their own school classes, campouts and baseball games, on the basis of no organization, private property, private party and you're not invited.
Sure, force the Boy Scouts to become LGBTABCD with mayonnaise. You will end up with not much Scouts. Force homeschoolers to "teach a standard curriculum" without the preface of "this is a bunch of bullshit that the bad people in the government want to force us to teach you. It is all a bunch of lies."
Beat freedom down in one place and it will simply pop up somewhere else -- with the oppressed increasingly going their own way and hating you more and more.
The truth will out.
What's the homicide rate in Atwood? Crime rate? Any Apple pickin' going on?
Has anyone in the media asked why police officers are for the concealed carry law and are true proponents of the second amendment?
"If we wan to criticize people, let's criticize those who will cut all budgets out for kids and then wonder why they are on the street corner flashing gang signs.
"Not a LEO, JAFO."
3/18/2013 07:32:00 AM
"Budget?"
In the here and now, it costs NOTHING to tell your kid, "Don't you ever do that again!" and explain why.
But of course a third-generation banger is going to bring up the fourth gen. into the sacred ways.
But of course that's someone else's fault and we don't want to "criticize."
Anyway -- nobody in a blue shirt can undo in a minute what has been done (or not done) year after year in the home.
...until that officer is maybe forced to pull the trigger on such a product of the Culture Of Death -- and that's 'way too late.
Lock your doors.
I've got a timely philosophical question for you City of Chicago Cops.
Most of you know better than me that things are getting increasingly more and more out of control. The citizenry knows this too just by looking at the ammo shortages and gun sales. More concerning to me than any SHITBAGS streaming out of the inner cities to come looking for me and my stuff, is the possibility that (for the first time in my 62 years and I can't believe I'm actually writing it) but I am now more fearful of my own government than I am any street thugs.
Here's my question ... what percentage of cops ... and by that I mean city, county, state, federal ... would stand with the citizens in direct violation of orders to shoot, jail, round up, detain, average constitutionally law abiding American citizens? Could such an order ever be carried out?
The military people I am talking to say 'no way, they swore an oath to the constitution'. That's the reason Hitler had his troops swear loyalty to him and not the German constitution.
The creeps I am ready for without a moment's hesitation. But I don't think I could ever bring myself to firing on the same cops who have devoted and risked their lives to keeping me and my family safe.
Guns & Ammo put out their ranking of gun friendly states, using a 50 point rating on 5 issues. #1 Arizona with 49 points #16 Indiana with a 45 points #25 Wisconsin with a 44 points and #44 Illinois with a 21 point rating, just thought people would like to know this.
I'm writing checks right now...would be awesome to win and is a great cause.
Anonymous said...
McCarthy will issue a directive as soon as Rham dictates to him prohibiting all police from buying tickets to the raffle and any other raffles like this one where a rifle or gun is given as a prize!
3/18/2013 01:39:00 PM
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It was already tried. The densey Cole benefit had some big headaches with the city threatening them a few years ago.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Wrong. It WAS an AR that was used in Sandy Hook. Like it or not it is what it is.
3/18/2013 02:39:00 PM
Look you Troll....
While everyone agrees that an AR15 was At Sandy Hook...a .223 rifle is not an Assault Weapon.
You want an assault weapon?
Try an UZI or an Steyr AUG in 5.56x45mm or 9mm. You need an FFL due to the receiver. I don't need an FFL for an AR15.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Once again, an ar-15 wasn't used at conn. The mentally challenged individual used handguns. The ar never came out of his trunk
3/18/2013 12:47:00 PM
AR found with shooter...Shotgun found in Trunk. Please read the reports....not just the ones by the lamestream media.
Many suburban departments hire part-time officers? At a better rate of pay? WTF have you been smoking?
Part-timers get paid BELOW a fulltime rookies hourly salary. And Overtime? Unheard of for a part-timer. Plus you are limited to average 20 hours a week. Per the Illinios Law Enforcement Standard Training Board.Oh and you get no benefits either my friend, like vacation,holidays, health insurance, etc.
Very few departments use part-timers, cause the unions rightfully scream. Most part-timers are used to supplement special details, like in Rosemont at Allstate arena.
Wrong. It WAS an AR that was used in Sandy Hook. Like it or not it is what it is.
3/18/2013 02:39:00 PM
except when it isn't.
Tuesday come to the union meeting. Let's find out why Mike lied about the letter and what he is going to do about Geiger!
Beware Ninjas:
http://www.policeone.com/bizarre/articles/6155623-Cops-Teen-accidentally-shot-self-in-groin-blames-ninjas/?source=newsletter&nlid=6152685
Anonymous said...
Tell the assholes in the media to learn how to read. The AR15 the bad guy had was found in his car. It was not used to shoot Children.
3/18/2013 03:30:00 AM
Sorry, but you are wrong. That was misreported early on and corrected. Google it.
Go to this link and it is a bill being pushed which the FOP president would be able to retire with his FOP salary. Shields needs to be called out.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=004000050K5-214
An internal investigation of the FOP counsel, paid for by the membership, ought to be general knowledge, right? The lawsuit posted cited an investigation undertaken by by Asher, Gittler and D'Alba. Shouldn't the membership have access to that report that Shields & Co is trying so hard to conceal from the plaintiff? After all, we pay everyone's salary and any attached investigations. We don't want our labor organization held liable, do we? If our union officials are assisting in the coverup, we're going to get tagged hard if the plaintiff wins. If it can be proved that Geiger was acting outside his role of lawyer and instead acting as a predator, it would behoove us to fire him as soon as possible.
Anonymous said...
Has anyone in the media asked why police officers are for the concealed carry law and are true proponents of the second amendment?
3/18/2013 05:05:00 PM
No they aren't asking. The media believes 'the police' are in lockstep with 'the government', in wanting to disarm the populace.
The problem is, when a police McSuperintendent tells the media he is all for it, they PRESUME he speaks for the policemen of his department. They don't get that he speaks only for the man who hired him and who will fire him if he says the wrong thing.
Anonymous said...
Tell the assholes in the media to learn how to read. The AR15 the bad guy had was found in his car. It was not used to shoot Children.
3/18/2013 03:30:00 AM
Never let truth get in the way of a good story.
The AP takes the lead on misinformation.
JAFO said...
This is a great idea and fund-raising for a good cause.
If we wan to criticize people, let's criticize those who will cut all budgets out for kids and then wonder why they are on the street corner flashing gang signs.
If you want to invest in the future, let's start putting money in the right places, and not wasting money.
Not a LEO, JAFO.
3/18/2013 07:32:00 AM
Yeah-for the children. How's all the hundreds of billions of dollars wasted on these mutts appeasing them and supporting their leeching, non-productive lifestyle working out?
Anonymous said...
Hey, we can cry about hiring all we want but as long as there is unlimited overtime at time and a half I'm fine...
3/18/2013 02:54:00 AM
You are being very short sighted, office. Many suburban departments screw their officers by hiring part time officers who get a better rate of pay and no limit on overtime. They are scabs.
The city was slick enough to let you be your own scab. They don't have to pay a salary and benefits with the pension by hiring the proper staffing levels when they can get you on the cheap to work all your days off like a slave. I don't begrudge anyone for making extra money, but you should know that you're slitting your own throat in the long run. Less new hires, less into the pension system, more work for you, more dangerous work environment.
3/18/2013 08:58:00 AM
Well said.
The Libs are besides themselves on this one.
Anonymous said...
Wrong. It WAS an AR that was used in Sandy Hook. Like it or not it is what it is.
3/18/2013 02:39:00 PM
Wrong Northsider.No Semi-auto rifles used.Saiga 12 semi-auto shotgun was in trunk of vehicle and not used.The shooter used multiple handguns to shoot his victims.
So endeth the lesson.
All appointed Sup/Commissioners are towing the anti nonsense. They are beholden to the Mayor who hired them. . Most elected Sheriffs speak the truth and are supporters of 2nd Amendment rights. The media won't ask average officers because it would undermine their anti gun stance. They have to be good servants to their socialist masters.
Ok, here is the real story behind VRI. First off the city didn't want a msf/tru unit because of two things.. First because they wanted more in patrol. Second is because of the negative stigma and press these units bring. Msf and tru were accounting for many of the cr numbers and lawsuits filed. So, the city found that they still needed the visibility but didn't want the lawsuits. Somewhat do they do? They offer VRI on days off. They know guys are not going to go nuts on a day off making money. Many are old timers and others who are working it are gonna take it easy and just get some activity like Parker's, movers, anovs and I pounds etc. poof. Revenue, manpower, high visibility, happy cops making money and minimal beefs and next to zero lawsuits with a dramatic drop in crime (so far, we will see about summer). So, msf and tru like units will not be back. This is a major win win for the city. They can slow hiring and avoid paying into the pension and medical for new hires, get revenue from VRI and have visibility and not have the lawsuits and "harassment" of stopping anything that walks by specialized units. And it is true. When I work VRI it's all Parker's, a mover and maybe an anov. I don't jump out on anyone and the white shirts are happy and so am I. Hey, we can cry about hiring all we want but as long as there is unlimited overtime at time and a half I'm fine...
You, my misinformed friend are 100% incorrect. TRU and MSF DID NOT bring in anymore Cr#'s than any 30 man tact team. I know, I was there.
I thought Chicago does not allow the registration of AR-15s. If it can't be registered, the anti's can charge the owner for having a non-registered firearm in Chicago. Let's have a statewide preemption law.
You, my misinformed friend are 100% incorrect. TRU and MSF DID NOT bring in anymore Cr#'s than any 30 man tact team. I know, I was there.
Really? Because at corp council they were doing everything in their power to teach people in MSF how to write proper case reports and THAT is 100 percent true. Maybe you or your team did not get lawsuits which was great for you... but the lawsuits coming in for MSF were coming in the most of any unit or district in the entire city. If you want facts I have no problem giving you them. Feel Free to pull the numbers with a FOIA request. I was able to learn of all of them when I hit light duty due to an accident when I was detailed to the law dept for a year and a half. Believe me, MSF in particular was a big problem when it came to lawsuits. Much more so than TRU.
All LL-ers should be armed.
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