We’ve posted before about odd pairs of goods that are sold as complements; some make more sense than others. Jim Lynch, who owns a Hummer dealership in Chesterfield, Missouri, has begun selling guns and ammo alongside the vehicles. As the Auto Blog reports, Lynch feels that Hummers and guns are “a natural fit” because “our customers enjoy outdoor sports.” Here’s hoping the firearms don’t show up in any traffic ticket disputes. (HT: Subir Shrestha) [%comments]
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I think a Scion is a Toyota affiliate. Can’t really tell on most components, but the glass is Toyota glass.
Hope people check their state gun laws. Can’t carry a pistol in our passenger compartment in Washington state without a concealed weapons permit.
Remember Michael Moore’s documentary on Columbine. He found a bank that gave out rifles with the opening of a new account. You can rob the bank after opening your checking account.
It’s amusing that some otherwise sane people are, apparently, so freaked out by firearms.
Banks used to give out toasters when people opened accounts. What is the connection between a savings account and toast???
What is it about firearms that send people into such a tizzy?
In Green Bay, WI, there is a jewelry store that has a yearly special where they offer a free rifle (or possibly shotgun; I am not that well informed about firearms) with the purchase of a diamond ring.
When I first moved up here three years ago, I thought this was some kind of parody or joke; but even my more worldly local acquaintances see no irony or contradiction about this combination at all; when I try to explain my discomfort, the general response is, “but that is a really nice gun!”
@tde: The thing that sends people into a tizzy about firearms is their ability to kill people in a way that, say, free toasters do not. I’m not against legal firearm ownership, but I do think it’s unwise to be pushing even more out into the wild by bundling them with unrelated goods.
Every *extra* gun, beyond what people are using responsibly for self-defense or recreation, is merely an increased chance of being misused (stolen and used by criminals, found by a kid, used by the owner or whoever else gets their hands on it in a moment of depression, rage, or carelessness).
I think guns are great fun, but I don’t own any because in my sober assessment, I realize that the chances of my ever using it self-defense are outweighed by the chances that it will be stolen or misused, no matter what precautions I take (and recognizing that the best precautions against misuse also reduce the chances of it being practical for self-defense). I suspect this analysis would prove true for most guns and their owners, too, but very few will admit it.
My father (ex military police, the most responsible gun owner there ever was) recently had a handgun (trigger locked, ammunition stored separately) stolen from his home. He hasn’t needed to use a gun in self-defense for 40 years, and probably never will again, so in some sense his gun in the home (kept mainly out of “habit” and perhaps nostalgia) only increased the danger in the world. I think he has a different view of the tradeoffs now.
In North Adams MA, next to the gun shop is the dry cleaner. One would not want to leave too many blood stains I guess.
Toasters and guns, hmmm. O.K., road rage with a toaster, now that’s a video I might find funny.
How can someone really ask what sends people into a tizzy over guns? Guns have one purpose, and one purpose only, and that is to kill things.
Really, Guns and Hummers. What the heck, booze is legal, so what’s the problem with giving out a fifth or a 12 pack to celebrate your new purchase. As long as you are responsible, no problem.
To Aubrey in post #4, you’ve never seen the cops episode with the drunk guy waving his piece at the cops as he’s flying down the highway.
It’s one thing to be ejected from a presidential meet and greet for wearing an offensive t-shirt, but a whole different dimension to be accepted while carrying an assault rifle. I think I might show up at one of those carrying a toaster, just to see if I make it on a national news station.
The gun will come in handy for fending off all of the whack job tree huggers who’ll try to vandalize his hummer. this happens a lot around here.