Buy a Car and Get a Gun

This is the most stereotypical American business deal I have ever come across. In Butler, Missouri, you can receive a free handgun with the purchase of a car from Max Motors.

Here's a blurb from the Fresno Bee:

"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."

(In the fine print, the ad on the Web site explains, 'Check written toward purchase price" and also mentions, "Approved Background Check REQUIRED!!')

Moore said he suspects his "Free Handgun" ad 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.'"

God help us all.

What I don't understand is the seemingly different representation of the car dealership when I made a Google search. This website is poorly designed, but it at least presents Max Motors as a legitimate and professional car dealership. This other website, however, gives the impression that Max Motors is owned by insane, gun-toting neo-conservatives who, by constant recitation of the Second Amendment, are better patriots than you. Oh, and they just happen to sell cars as well.

You can choose to receive a gas card instead of a gun because Max Motors is "aware of the gasoline and crime problem in America. Max Motors, the Country Dealer wants to be part of the solution and not part of the problem."

God, guts, and guns, huh? (sigh)

Well, at least a background check is required. We all know that stops the wrong people from purchasing guns.