And An Assault Rifle To Go Please

You know how it is, you buy something and get something else free with it, a sort of sweetener from the vendor. Kebab shops give you a free bottle of Pepsi (other carbonated drinks are available), the Chinese Takeaway usually gives you free prawn crackers which sit at the side of the table pleading to be eaten, spend £40 or more on diesel at your local service station and you get a free pair of thermally insulated gloves.

Well, Nations Trucks have raised the bar a little higher than a bottle of Pepsi, they are offering a free AK-47 with every truck purchased. As the owner says, "You don't have to buy a truck to get an AK-47," this is obviously true. Most truck drivers usually restrict their free gifts to dice, air fresheners or something to stick their mobile phone in, in future however they might like to consider choosing the option marked, "free gift most likely to cause death if used properly."

Of course Nations Trucks, they are based in the USA in case you haven't already wondered which part of the world they are in, Sanford, FLA to be exact, state on their website that restrictions apply. I would have thought that anybody who pitches up and asks for a free truck to go with their AK-47 should be refused. Of course it begs the question what sort of gun control does exist in the States when the local truck dealer is encouraging drive-bys as part of its sales pitch, but that is another question.

It also makes me slightly uneasy given the tendency of some elements of British culture to slavishly follow the American lead, and of course it gives a whole new meaning to the expression, "sales targets!"