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Only in Missouri: Buy a car and get a handgun free
Salesmen at one Missouri car dealership aren't just kicking in a free CD player or factory air: They're offering a free handgun with every purchase.
- Agencies
- Published: 23:53 May 23, 2008
Butler, Missouri: Salesmen at one Missouri car dealership aren't just kicking in a free CD player or factory air: They're offering a free handgun with every purchase.
Through the end of the month, car buyers at Max Motors in Butler will have a choice - $250 toward either a gun purchase or gasoline. General manager Walter Moore said that so far, most buyers have chosen the gun, adding that he suggests they opt for a semiautomatic model "because it holds more rounds".
Owner Mark Muller was quoted by the BBC as saying that "we're just damn glad to live in a free country where you can have a gun if you want to". The dealership sells new and old vehicles, including General Motors and Ford cars and trucks, and its logo shows a cowboy holding a pistol.
Moore said he suspects his "Free Handgun" advert will draw protests in some places. But not in Butler, about 65 miles south of Kansas City. Moore said: "Down here, we all believe in God, guts and guns."
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