"Buy them cheap and bury them deep"

[doorman]

http://www.click2houston.com/news/1...tml=hou_7am&tmi=hou_7am_1_07000105292008&ts=H

This is a link to a local gunshop ad in the Houston area. It is interesting that the victim's advocate states that "it's sad to think that people feel the need to arm themselves to feel safe". It is neither sad or glad, it is a reality.

Ru

 

[Sato Ord]

This is a link to a local gunshop ad in the Houston area. It is interesting that the victim's advocate states that "it's sad to think that people feel the need to arm themselves to feel safe". It is neither sad or glad, it is a reality.

Well, let's remember, he is, after all, a victims' advocate, not an advocate for taking personal responsibility for your own safety.

While he's making it safe for children to play unattended at the playground (after all, predators without guns won't go for easy targets, and of course there will be no sex offenders allowed within a mile of any child). He's making it safe for adults to walk down dark alleys for no good reason other than he and his cronies have made society safe by disarming the populace. While he's at it, he can also make it a utopia where we don't have to work for a living. Heck, why don't we just pour the food out at a big open all you can eat bar and run them through like sheep!

Give me a society where a man has to earn a living on his own merit, needs enough common sense to know a threat when one approaches him, and has the means to defend himself (and I ain't talking about carry a cell phone in his holster either).

 

[Ragnar Danneskjold]

I'm glad people can arm themselves to be safe. Human have always been in danger. From cavemen to the middle ages to now. but only now can the common man do something about it. That comforts me.

 

[DoubleTapDrew]

HOUSTON -- A new, controversial gun store ad has some Houstonians wondering about the real meaning behind, "Buy them cheap. Bury them deep," KPRC Local 2 reported Wednesday.

The radio ad also says, "This is Jim Pruett calling from federal prison. Well, not yet."

The ad is for Jim Pruett's Guns and Ammo in northwest Harris County.

It then carries a political message, "Come this November, many could be incarcerated if a bunch of naive voters elect misguided, anti-gun politicians to office."

But one line stands out. It says, "Jim Pruett's guns and ammo, where we say 'Buy them cheap. Bury them deep.'"

But some are asking, "Bury who deep?"

Owner Jim Pruett said, "We certainly don't mean -- buy your guns, shoot the criminals and bury them deep. Not in your back yard. No, that's not the intent of that. But it's a fun thing to think about."

Pruett said he meant customers should buy guns now and stash them away in case Texans cannot buy them later because politicians prohibit the sale.

It's not the first time the former radio personality and Vietnam veteran has captured attention. One of his radio ads urged Houstonians to arm themselves against Hurricane Katrina evacuees. He called them "Katricians."

Pruett said, "I try to use my radio time to say something important."

But, Andy Kahan, the crime victim's advocate for Houston's mayor, said of the gun ad, "It's just sad that we have to live in a society where you think that you have to have a firearm just to keep you and your family safe."

Pruett said his gun training classes remain at full capacity. He said they have successfully trained more than 5,000 people over the past seven years.

How about "It's sad that we live in a society where you need a firearm to keep your family safe." It's good we live in a society where we have a choice.
I don't think the "it's a fun thing to think about" comment was very tactful when trying to win fence-sitters over to your side of the argument.

 

[TexasRifleman]

One of his radio ads urged Houstonians to arm themselves against Hurricane Katrina evacuees. He called them "Katricians."

Sorry, he stole that name from Kinky Friedman, ex Governor candidate.



But I do like the ad. And you know what they say, "there's no such thing as bad press".

 

[WinchesterAA]

When I first read that, I thought this was one of those survivalists threads..

Buy them <guns> cheap, bury them <guns> deep...

If he meant bodies, I suspect he's also a typical gunstore a**hole I don't want to buy from..

 

[inherentical]

"It's just sad that we have to live in a society where [strike]you think that[/strike] you have to have a firearm just to keep you and your family safe."

He was so close I figured he just needed a little help.

 

[WinchesterAA]

tmpick, do you think people honestly have forgotten that we're on earth? Home of life, death, destruction, and all things improbable? Having a weapon is as natural as having a weapon..

I mean, ffs, check this out..

Cute little kitty, what's that on his hands? WEAPONS!

And what the weapons allow the cat to do more efficiently..

 

[Acera]

Jim Pruett is a good guy, he has a sense of humor that may not appeal to everyone. When he was on the radio, I doubt that most here on these forums would have approved. He has strong opinions about our rights, and is not afraid to express them.

His gun shop while not big, is a good store to shop. I have bought guns there. The staff is nice and mostly his family members.

This sport of ours has all types, and he is not one of the bad ones.

 

[netprophet21]

He is a very good guy. Drove a little extra to buy ammo from his shop so I could help support him.

 

[Cougfan2]

What's truly sad is that we live in a society where multiple felons get released time and time again to repeat their crimes.

 

[Mr Kablammo]

Cougfan, +1. If the .gov wants my guns then they better be dialing up the amps on the electric bleachers to fry the already proven victimizers.

 

[rino451]

Funny how the only ones that should be worried about what was said in the commercial are the criminals and somehow a "victim's" rights advocate sees fit to speak on their behalf. If I were Pruett I would have asked why he was here to defend criminals, because the controversy isn't about innocent victims getting killed.

There are places still where some folks believe that some people just need killin' and then there are some people who can't fathom the idea that it just might be ok/necessary/right/civilized to actually kill someone.

 

[DAVIDSDIVAD]

I sent this message to Andy Kahan:

"It's just sad that we have to live in a society where you think that you have to have a firearm just to keep you and your family safe."


I say that we should reserve our sorrow for a time when we have no means with which to keep our families safe.


The day that my government says I am not allowed protect myself against violent men, I will be sad.