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ICarry.org Thanksgiving Gun Winner is…

Armalite AR24-15C Handgun

ICarry.org

Hickory Hills, IL --(AmmoLand.com)- We are happy to announce the winner for this month’s (November 2009) One Gun a Month Giveaway!!! Wieslaw from Hickory Hills, IL is the winner of the brand new Armalite AR24-15C custom pistol from Armalite, Inc. in Illinois!!!

Thanks to Armalite for the discount on the pistol.  We appreciate their support with our mission to educate and facilitate the safe and speedy transition to right-to-carry in WI and IL.  Congratulations, Wieslaw.

We painstakingly verified all submissions for this month – about 500, and then added in extra entries for those who donated $10 or more, joined the Gun Owners Fellowship, or made purchases for $10 or more (1 extra entry per $10).  We then triple-randomly sorted the list, and then used the random number generator at www.random.org to give 10 random numbers.  #1 on the list was 159, and our winner’s entry was on that row!!

We choose backup winners just in case.  So thanks to everyone who participated.  We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

I would also like to thank all of the volunteers who have stepped forward to fill the county coordinator positions for all counties in Illinois and Wisconsin.  We have had a great response.  So far we have confirmed coordinators for three counties, although there are a dozen or so more that will be confirmed shortly (we’re not rushing things with the holidays).

Please Welcome:

• Joe Franzese – Lake County, IL Coordinator
• Craig Celia – DuPage County, IL Coordinator
• William Schriever – Grundy County, IL Coordinator

We’re still looking for more coordinators, so if you think you could be the right person and would like more information, please let us know.  We will send you additional info on the position and you can see if it’s right for you.  We are especially in need of coordinators in Wisconsin.  We have had a lot of applicants for Illinois positions and are short on Wisconsin volunteers.

Thanks for supporting right-to-carry in Illinois and Wisconsin! Stay tuned for more news as we organize and take action to make the transition to right-to-carry in Illinois and Wisconsin as quick and successful as possible.

P.S. – I forgot to mention that GLOCK, Inc. donated a new pistol for December’s giveaway.  Actually, the winner gets to choose which model/caliber they want, and even if they want it in standard black or OD Green!! We will be sending out the check-in link pretty soon

ICarry.org, 1817 18th Avenue, Rockford, IL 61104, USA

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ICarry.org, an organization devoted to to bringing concealed carry to Illinois and Wisconsin. The only two states without it. Visit: www.icarry.org

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The United Nations And International Treaties to Take Away Your Guns

National Rifle Association

New York, NY - -(AmmoLand.com)- Over the last few weeks, the NRA has received many inquiries regarding the UN and the impact of international treaties on our Second Amendment freedom.

The NRA has been engaged at the United Nations and elsewhere internationally in response to anti-small arms initiatives for over 14 years. In most cases, agendas for the elimination of private ownership of firearms are disguised as calls for international arms control to stem the flow of illicit military weapons. These instruments are generally promoted by a small group of nations and a large number of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working in conjunction with departmental bureaucracies in multi-national institutions such as the UN and European Union.

The new U.S. administration, to no one’s surprise, has changed direction in the UN with respect to international small arms control initiatives that were resisted by the previous administration.

The current issue under discussion, the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), is in the early stages of the negotiation process. There is no actual draft text at this time. Work on the ATT is scheduled to continue by a consensus process between now and 2012. It should be noted that any treaty must be approved by two thirds of the U.S. Senate for ratification.

Attempts to thwart our freedoms should be no surprise, given the anti-gun climate of the international community in general, and the current U.S. administration in particular.

More Generally
The NRA does not concern itself with foreign policy or arms control initiatives—except to the extent they would directly or indirectly affect Second Amendment rights.

We have been actively opposing transnational efforts that would limit Second Amendment freedoms. For many years, NRA has been monitoring and actively fighting any credible attempts on the part of the UN to restrict our sovereignty and gun rights. As a recognized Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) at the United Nations since 1997, NRA gives gun owners a strong voice in the UN’s debate over global “gun control.”

As one of over 2,000 NGOs representing everyone from religious groups to the banking industry, NRA has access to UN meetings that are closed to the general public, and is able to distribute informational materials to participants in UN activities.

Most importantly, NRA’s status as an NGO allows us to monitor more closely the internal UN debate over firearm issues and report back to our members. The role NRA plays within the UN as an NGO is almost identical to the role our registered lobbyists play every day on Capitol Hill and in state capitals across the nation—educating and informing decision-makers of the facts behind the debate, and working to protect the interests of American gun owners and NRA members.

Due to our NGO status, NRA was able to take an active role in thwarting the absurdly titled “UN Conference to Review Progress Made in the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects” in 2006, and the previous meeting, the “UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons” in the summer of 2001.

The UN Small Arms Conference ended in deadlock with no formal conclusions or recommendations, due in large part to the NRA. In the final analysis, the complexity of the issue and the concerns of hunters, sport shooters and firearm owners world-wide prevailed. The failure of the program was total; no recommendations on ammunition, civilian possession or future UN meetings, or for that matter any other subjects, were adopted.

In addition to its UN activities, NRA is a founding member of the World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities (WFSA). The WFSA is an association of hunting, shooting, and industry organizations that was founded in 1996. The WFSA includes over 35 national and international organizations, and represents over 100 million sport shooters worldwide.

NRA members and gun owners in general, may rest assured that the NRA is actively engaged in international matters. We have never hesitated, nor will we hesitate, to use the political and other resources available to us to resist any international agreement that could in any way affect our Second Amendment rights.

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Established in 1871, the National Rifle Association is America’s oldest civil rights and sportsmen’s group. Four million members strong, NRA continues its mission to uphold Second Amendment rights and to advocate enforcement of existing laws against violent offenders to reduce crime. The Association remains the nation’s leader in firearm education and training for law-abiding gun owners, law enforcement and the military.

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