Buy a car, get free gas or a free gun
10:01 p.m. Thursday, May 22, 2008
"This is a semi-automatic handgun."
And it's yours with the purchase of a new car.
"Like I say, it's a choice, protection or gas," Walter Moore said.
Walter Moore works for Max Motors in Butler. He came up with the guns or gas promotion.
"We got high gas prices, theft, car-jackings, innocent people getting hurt," he said.
Moore says owning a gun is an American right.
Jerry Hertzog agrees.
"Love guns, we all need to have guns," Hertzog said.
But the idea isn't popular with everyone.
One viewer told us he's concerned, and believes the promotion is dangerous.
"I don't understand what's the bad idea, telling people they have a right to protect themselves," Moore said.
Moore says most of his customers already own weapons.
"I get in a vehicle to bid a trade, guns in the seats, guns in the back windows, everybody has a gun. There's no backlash," he said.
Given the option, gas, or one of these, most new car owners in Butler
pick the gun.
"Right now we're running 80 percent toward the gun."
Count Jerry Hertzog among the majority.
He's leaving with a new truck, and never thought twice about the choice he was given. He's ready for target practice.
"Guns or gas or fuel, I'll take the gun anytime," Hertzog said.
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