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veggihatetank · #1 05-22-2008, 07:30 AM

Dealer aims to please by providing $250 coupon for firearms

By Andy Barnett
© 2008 WorldNetDaily

BUTLER, Mo. – A Missouri car dealership is triggering interest by offering customers free guns or gasoline with any purchase, and despite the skyrocketing price of fuel, patrons are going for the guns.

"We are aware of the gasoline and crime problem in America," states an ad on the website of Max Motors. It goes on to note it "wants to be part of the solution and not part of the problem."

"What we're doing is giving everyone who buys a new or used vehicle a free handgun," said Mark Muller, the dealership's owner. "We have guns to display, but we can't actually give them a gun, so what we do is give them a coupon for a local gun dealer here in town so they can pick out any gun they want. We recommend a semi-automatic."

The certificate is good for either $250 at Alton Arms or for $250 worth of gas. Muller told WND no one has chosen the gas so far.

The promotion, which goes through the end of this month, has caused a stir among anti-gun-rights activists who turned up at the dealership to protest.

"Six people came by – a bunch of long hairs who think the '60s are still going on, and who obviously don't have jobs," Muller said. "We all went out there with our cowboy hats on and told them we'd stomp 'em, and they left."

John Alton, owner of Alton Arms, doesn't see any problem with the campaign.

"I'm a federal firearms dealer and we're registered with the federal government. Any gun I sell requires the customer to fill out the standard forms, and I do a background check on them," he said.

Local law enforcement took calls from the media after the promotion was announced, but found nothing wrong with what the dealership is doing.

"They're not doing anything illegal," said Lt. Randy Beshore of the Butler Police Department. "I think the misconception is that people thought they got the handgun right there at the dealership."

Even so, the dealership has received threatening phone calls.

"Someone who said they were with the ATF called and said 'You need to shut down this promotion right now or we're shutting you down.' I told them to bring their attorneys, I don't know if [the call] was real or fake," Muller said.

"I don't see what the problem is, we have a right to bear arms. It's in the Constitution and the reason we have [Amendment] No. 2 is to protect No. 1."

When asked if Sen. Barack Obama's recent comments about people clinging to guns and religion inspired the promotion, Muller said yes.

"My next promotion is to give away a free King James Bible to any Muslim that converts to Christianity," he said.

Botnst · #2 05-22-2008, 07:33 AM

Ha!

TX76513 · #3 05-22-2008, 09:03 AM

The news story makes them sound fairly passive - their advertisement is a little to the right.

G-Benz · #4 05-22-2008, 05:02 PM

Unfortunately, the offer only applies to diesel guns and assault rifles that burn regular...

BoomInTheTrunk · #5 05-22-2008, 05:15 PM

you might be a red neck........

PaulC · #6 05-22-2008, 05:54 PM

I'd go for the gun. Once you burn $250 in gas it's gone forever, but with the gun you can stick up gas stations indefinitely. Definitely a better rate of return on the investment.

veggihatetank · #7 05-22-2008, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by PaulC

I'd go for the gun. Once you burn $250 in gas it's gone forever, but with the gun you can stick up gas stations indefinitely. Definitely a better rate of return on the investment.

don't forget to stick up liquor stores , that way you get cash and you can grab some maddog on the way out. I'm allready planing to get a mohawk and some football shoulder pads for the soon to come total anarchy

G-Benz · #8 05-22-2008, 09:42 PM

Eventually, it will be too expensive for gangs to do "drive-by" shootings...beware of Crips packing heat and riding mopeds...

Skippy · #9 05-22-2008, 10:37 PM

Works for me, but $250 doesn't get you much handgun. Maybe a used Ruger Single Six. The Glock I like runs about 650. Most of the 1911's I like are into four figures.

catmandoo62 · #10 05-22-2008, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by G-Benz

Eventually, it will be too expensive for gangs to do "drive-by" shootings...beware of Crips packing heat and riding mopeds...

nah they'll use those chopped bicycles that set so low you can't pedal em!

davestlouis · #11 05-23-2008, 08:57 AM

There used to be a Chevy dealer in STL who gave a shotgun with each new truck purchase...nobody *****ed about that. You have to remember that as soon as you get 50 miles away from STL or KC, it's like you stepped into 1960's Alabama...rural Missouri can be pretty backward. Lots of beautiful scenery and whatnot, but they even pronounce the state name differently in rural areas...it's
MissourI in town, MissourUH in outlying areas. You should hear politicians try to tailor the way they say it to the particular crowd they're in front of.

dynalow · #12 05-23-2008, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by davestlouis

There used to be a Chevy dealer in STL who gave a shotgun with each new truck purchase...nobody *****ed about that. You have to remember that as soon as you get 50 miles away from STL or KC, it's like you stepped into 1960's Alabama...rural Missouri can be pretty backward. Lots of beautiful scenery and whatnot, but they even pronounce the state name differently in rural areas...it's
MissourI in town, MissourUH in outlying areas. You should hear politicians try to tailor the way they say it to the particular crowd they're in front of.

Whoah. I've got some friends out in Sedalia who want me to take a motorcycle trip out there.
60's Alabama? Like, shootin' Yankees off their motorcycles?

(and they do say MissourUH

)

G-Benz · #13 05-23-2008, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by davestlouis

There used to be a Chevy dealer in STL who gave a shotgun with each new truck purchase...nobody *****ed about that. You have to remember that as soon as you get 50 miles away from STL or KC, it's like you stepped into 1960's Alabama...rural Missouri can be pretty backward. Lots of beautiful scenery and whatnot, but they even pronounce the state name differently in rural areas...it's
MissourI in town, MissourUH in outlying areas. You should hear politicians try to tailor the way they say it to the particular crowd they're in front of.

My wife hails from Glasgow, MO (pop. 1100). They STILL have segregated cemetaries!

But most of the folks who perpetuate the 1960's backwardness of the midwest rural area are in their 80's and 90's, soon to be gone from the earth. The later generations are far more progressive!

jlomon · #14 05-23-2008, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Skippy

Works for me, but $250 doesn't get you much handgun. Maybe a used Ruger Single Six. The Glock I like runs about 650. Most of the 1911's I like are into four figures.

I'll bet the dealer negotiated those $250 vouchers for less than the face value, maybe $200 or even $150 a pop, because they know that most people will pony-up and buy the more expensive gun, putting more revenue into Alton's business. If nothing else, it has to be good for the local economy - cars and guns getting sold.

Matt L · #15 05-23-2008, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by jlomon

I'll bet the dealer negotiated those $250 vouchers for less than the face value, maybe $200 or even $150 a pop, because they know that most people will pony-up and buy the more expensive gun, putting more revenue into Alton's business. If nothing else, it has to be good for the local economy - cars and guns getting sold.

They give themselves a discount?