Free AK-47 With Truck Purchase

[Charleston Chew]

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Buy a truck, get a free AK-47: used car dealership launches unusual promotion
A used car dealership in Florida has launched an unusual promotion to help it through the sluggish US economic recovery: a complimentary AK-47 with every purchase.

Nations Trucks, in Sanford, promises to pay for a Soviet-style assault rifle for anyone who buys one of its used trucks.

The dealership has more than doubled sales since the offer was announced last week, according to Nick Ginetta, the general sales manager.

A poster in Nations' office window proclaims "FREE AK-47" above a large illustration of the gun, which is by far the biggest-selling assault rifle of all time.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

1. The term "assault rifle" is your basic Big Lie. But I figure you already knew that

[Captain Boomerang]

3. The 1947 Avtomat Kalashnikova IS an ASSAULT RIFLE.

The term assault rifle is a translation of the German word Sturmgewehr (literally "storm rifle", as in "to storm a position"). The name was coined by Adolf Hitler to describe the Maschinenpistole 44, subsequently re-christened Sturmgewehr 44, the firearm generally considered the first assault rifle that served to popularize the concept and form the basis for today's modern assault rifles.

An assault rifle is defined as a selective fire rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge and a detachable magazine. Assault rifles are the standard infantry weapons in most modern armies. Assault rifles are categorized in between light machine guns, which are intended more for sustained automatic fire in a light support role, and submachine guns, which fire a pistol cartridge rather than a rifle cartridge.

The original AK-47 is of the first true assault rifles.

[benEzra]

4. The guns in the promo aren't assault rifles, though; they're non-automatic Title 1 civilian guns

I own one (2002 model Romanian SAR-1), and they're neat little guns. Think of it as an autoloading .30-30 Winchester with detachable magazines.

[BlueState]

2. Isn't the AK-47 a commie gun?

What is wrong with these rednecks? They don't believe in buying American?

[benEzra]

5. AR's are more popular, but AK's are cheaper...

and make the media react a bit more. Since the entire purpose of this promo was advertising, civilian AK's were probably a good choice from that standpoint.

From a cost standpoint, I would think that if you're selling someone a $28,000 truck, a $700 or $800 voucher for an AR instead of the $400 voucher for the civvie AK wouldn't be a huge imposition, though...