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http://www.nbcactionnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=beecef61-bc31-4f6e-b603-917e0f191dcc
Free Handgun Promotion to Car Buyers
Reported by: Russ Ptacek
Email: [email protected]
Last Update: 8:56 am
Getty Images BUTLER, Mo. -- A Missouri car dealership is trying to boost sales by offering guns to auto buyers.
“We got crew cabs,” says Walter Moore walking past rows of new cars and trucks at Max Motors in Butler, Mo. “We got extended cabs. Whole bunch of these on sale here. Any of them comes with a gun.”
“Just a nice small little gun,” says car dealer Steve Priest as he palms a .380 caliber semi-automatic handgun.
“A very dependable gun like this,” Priest says about the types of handguns buyers can choose from when they purchase a car.
Max Motors’ "Guns & Gas" ad offers a $250 gas card or a gift certificate at the local gun shop.
“I think we've had two pick the gun,” Moore says.
The small town dealership, by Butler's grain silos, is competing with big city dealers who are handing out gas incentives.
“You’ve got car-jackings,” Moore said about the motivator for the campaign. “You got innocent people being shot and killed. I figured it's time for people to protect themselves.”
Butler has a population of about 4,200 people. Police say the town doesn't have an unusual crime problem and has only had one armed robbery in the past 25 years.
“I don't really have a problem with what they're doing. But, I don't think it's going to deter the crime any,” says Butler Police Chief Jim Garnett.
A Pennsylvania dealership launched a similar promotion in 2006. It sparked anger and protests from anti-gun activists.
“Our whole philosophy down here is guns, God, country,” Priest says holding a gun near a banner of the dealership’s mascot, which is a caricature of a cowboy waving two handguns.
Priest says, so far, no one has complained, and points out buyers are required to pass a background check before they get their handguns.
“A few people have been kind of shocked,” Moore says. “Do I really get a gun? Yes, you can. Yes, you can. It's guns or gas.”
http://www.nbcactionnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=beecef61-bc31-4f6e-b603-917e0f191dcc
Free Handgun Promotion to Car Buyers
Reported by: Russ Ptacek
Email: [email protected]
Last Update: 8:56 am
Getty Images BUTLER, Mo. -- A Missouri car dealership is trying to boost sales by offering guns to auto buyers.
“We got crew cabs,” says Walter Moore walking past rows of new cars and trucks at Max Motors in Butler, Mo. “We got extended cabs. Whole bunch of these on sale here. Any of them comes with a gun.”
“Just a nice small little gun,” says car dealer Steve Priest as he palms a .380 caliber semi-automatic handgun.
“A very dependable gun like this,” Priest says about the types of handguns buyers can choose from when they purchase a car.
Max Motors’ "Guns & Gas" ad offers a $250 gas card or a gift certificate at the local gun shop.
“I think we've had two pick the gun,” Moore says.
The small town dealership, by Butler's grain silos, is competing with big city dealers who are handing out gas incentives.
“You’ve got car-jackings,” Moore said about the motivator for the campaign. “You got innocent people being shot and killed. I figured it's time for people to protect themselves.”
Butler has a population of about 4,200 people. Police say the town doesn't have an unusual crime problem and has only had one armed robbery in the past 25 years.
“I don't really have a problem with what they're doing. But, I don't think it's going to deter the crime any,” says Butler Police Chief Jim Garnett.
A Pennsylvania dealership launched a similar promotion in 2006. It sparked anger and protests from anti-gun activists.
“Our whole philosophy down here is guns, God, country,” Priest says holding a gun near a banner of the dealership’s mascot, which is a caricature of a cowboy waving two handguns.
Priest says, so far, no one has complained, and points out buyers are required to pass a background check before they get their handguns.
“A few people have been kind of shocked,” Moore says. “Do I really get a gun? Yes, you can. Yes, you can. It's guns or gas.”