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Alabama car dealership offers free shotgun, Bible and American flag to customers
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Jun 28, 2019, 7:23:30 PM6/28/19
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A rural Alabama car dealership is giving away a Bible, a 12-gauge shotgun
and an American flag with the purchase of any new or used vehicle as part
of its Fourth of July sales promotion.
Chatom Ford, a dealership in Chatom, Ala., went viral for its “God, Guns
and Freedom” campaign that is running until July 31. The dealership’s
general manager Koby Palmer talks about the offer in a Facebook video that
now has more than 60,000 views. In the video, Palmer cocks his rifle in
one hand and holds a Bible in the other while standing in front of a pick-
up with an American flag draped over its tailgate.
Palmer said the sales team came up with the promo to align with his town’s
values. "It's a safe community. They're very proud of their country and
almost everybody here likes to hunt," he said, insisting the Fourth of
July inspired campaign is meant to be patriotic, not political.
"We don't want anyone to get the wrong idea,” the 29-year-old told to
Newsweek. “It's not like we're just walking around and handing out guns."
He said the dealership partnered with certified firearm dealers in Alabama
and Mississippi. When a customer buys a vehicle, they’ll be given a
certificate to be taken to an arms dealer who will then conduct a
background check. Once the background check clears, the customer must also
present a bill of sale from the purchase of the car to then get the gun
free of charge.
“This is just showing support for our local community,” he told USA Today.
“Anyone that doesn’t 100% agree with what we’re portraying, we’re not
trying to force our beliefs on anybody. We respect anybody that disagrees,
no matter how vehemently they do.”
Palmer said customers are not required to take their giveaway if they do
want to buy a car from the dealership. You must be 18-year-old or older to
legally own a gun in the state of Alabama, according to USA Today.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/alabama-car-dealership-american-flag-shotgun-
bible-fourth-of-july-sales-campaign
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and an American flag with the purchase of any new or used vehicle as part
of its Fourth of July sales promotion.
Chatom Ford, a dealership in Chatom, Ala., went viral for its “God, Guns
and Freedom” campaign that is running until July 31. The dealership’s
general manager Koby Palmer talks about the offer in a Facebook video that
now has more than 60,000 views. In the video, Palmer cocks his rifle in
one hand and holds a Bible in the other while standing in front of a pick-
up with an American flag draped over its tailgate.
Palmer said the sales team came up with the promo to align with his town’s
values. "It's a safe community. They're very proud of their country and
almost everybody here likes to hunt," he said, insisting the Fourth of
July inspired campaign is meant to be patriotic, not political.
"We don't want anyone to get the wrong idea,” the 29-year-old told to
Newsweek. “It's not like we're just walking around and handing out guns."
He said the dealership partnered with certified firearm dealers in Alabama
and Mississippi. When a customer buys a vehicle, they’ll be given a
certificate to be taken to an arms dealer who will then conduct a
background check. Once the background check clears, the customer must also
present a bill of sale from the purchase of the car to then get the gun
free of charge.
“This is just showing support for our local community,” he told USA Today.
“Anyone that doesn’t 100% agree with what we’re portraying, we’re not
trying to force our beliefs on anybody. We respect anybody that disagrees,
no matter how vehemently they do.”
Palmer said customers are not required to take their giveaway if they do
want to buy a car from the dealership. You must be 18-year-old or older to
legally own a gun in the state of Alabama, according to USA Today.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/alabama-car-dealership-american-flag-shotgun-
bible-fourth-of-july-sales-campaign
--
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
The Obama-led Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
approved Uranium One in fall 2010. With a little luck, we'll see
compulsive liar Hillary Clinton in jail before she dies.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.
GrtArtiste
Jun 29, 2019, 9:56:43 AM6/29/19
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https://www.al.com/news/2019/06/ford-to-alabama-dealership-no-bible-flag-gun-deals.html
An Alabama Ford dealer ran afoul of corporate with its Fourth of July
promotion. So it stopped talking about the free shotgun included in the
package deal.
The original promotion that Chatom Ford in Chatom, about an hour north
of Mobile, offered customers was a free King James Bible, an American
flag and a 12-gauge shotgun with the purchase of a vehicle.
The dealership originally partnered with a local Chatom dealer, Andrews
Ace Hardware and Seed Store, and the Athletic Locker in Waynesboro,
Mississippi, for the giveaway. When participants in the deal bought a
vehicle, they were handed a gift certificate to redeem at either of the
stores to get their firearm, after going through required background
checks, depending on which state they live in (the Bible and flag were
handled by the dealership).
"Obviously, we're not just running around willy-nilly and giving
everybody a shotgun," said Koby Palmer, the dealership's sales manager.
The video promoting the giveaway, which was posted June 19 and had been
expected to run through July 31, has been deleted. It showed Palmer
explaining the deal, then pumping a shotgun.
But on Wednesday afternoon, the dealership posted the following
statement on its Facebook page, saying Ford had asked them to stop
advertising it.
"We were running a promotion celebrating this country's independence,"
the post reads. "(Ford Motor Co.) manufacture(s) the products we are
franchised to sell, so we are complying with their request. We
appreciate everyone's support. All the phone calls and messages were so
greatly appreciated. We will fulfill all commitments we made to our
customers."
"Ford Motor Company wasn't aware or involved in this promotion," said
Ford spokesman Mark Truby, who said the dealership had promised to "stop
talking about it as God, guns and glory."
That's when a new video went up, rebranding the deal as just "God and
glory." Instead of a shotgun, the deal now offers a $200 certificate to
spend on whatever, wherever, said general manager Colin Ward.
Palmer said dealership managers came up with the original promotion
while brainstorming ways to celebrate the Fourth of July in a way that
reflected the community's values.
"They love their faith, they love their country, and they love to hunt,"
he said.
Before the corporate request to stop advertising the promotion, the
local dealership received overwhelmingly positive feedback, Palmer said.
The dealership has averaged about one sale a day after the promotion was
announced.
One of those customers is Josh Lankford of Gulf Shores. He'd already
contacted Palmer about what he was looking for when the promotion came
up. Lankford said he saw the gifts with purchase as a nice bonus to his
new pickup.
"It circles back to the great service and sales team that they have,"
Lankford said. "It's great that they try to reflect the community's values."
Palmer wanted to make it clear that the dealership wasn't trying to push
a political agenda.
“This is something just to promote our little community and things they
hold dear to their heart,” Palmer said. “We love everybody regardless of
race, creed and religion, and we want everybody to come in and let us
love on them a little bit.”
GrtArtiste
ricardo
Jun 30, 2019, 4:30:03 PM6/30/19
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Just because.
> Palmer said customers are not required to take their giveaway if they do
> want to buy a car from the dealership. You must be 18-year-old or older to
> legally own a gun in the state of Alabama, according to USA Today.
>
> https://www.foxnews.com/us/alabama-car-dealership-american-flag-shotgun-
> bible-fourth-of-july-sales-campaign
Democrats suck and they are mentally ill. You don't nurture
sick mentally ill animals - you put them down.
The best thing America could do is establish a new hunting
season category for these aberrations and declare open season.
"Leroy N. Soetoro" <leroys...@barackobama.com> wrote:
>
> A rural Alabama car dealership is giving away a Bible, a 12-gauge shotgun
> and an American flag with the purchase of any new or used vehicle as part
> of its Fourth of July sales promotion.
>
> Chatom Ford, a dealership in Chatom, Ala., went viral for its “God, Guns
> and Freedom” campaign that is running until July 31.
I'm going to drive down there from Wisconsin and trade my car in.
>
> A rural Alabama car dealership is giving away a Bible, a 12-gauge shotgun
> and an American flag with the purchase of any new or used vehicle as part
> of its Fourth of July sales promotion.
>
> Chatom Ford, a dealership in Chatom, Ala., went viral for its “God, Guns
> and Freedom” campaign that is running until July 31.
Just because.
> Palmer said customers are not required to take their giveaway if they do
> want to buy a car from the dealership. You must be 18-year-old or older to
> legally own a gun in the state of Alabama, according to USA Today.
>
> https://www.foxnews.com/us/alabama-car-dealership-american-flag-shotgun-
> bible-fourth-of-july-sales-campaign
sick mentally ill animals - you put them down.
The best thing America could do is establish a new hunting
season category for these aberrations and declare open season.
darkst...@gmail.com
Jun 30, 2019, 5:43:54 PM6/30/19
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On Sunday, June 30, 2019 at 1:30:03 PM UTC-7, ricardo wrote:
> Democrats suck and they are mentally ill. You don't nurture
> sick mentally ill animals - you put them down.
>
> The best thing America could do is establish a new hunting
> season category for these aberrations and declare open season.
BRING IT, YOU FUCKING PUSSY.
> Democrats suck and they are mentally ill. You don't nurture
> sick mentally ill animals - you put them down.
>
> The best thing America could do is establish a new hunting
> season category for these aberrations and declare open season.
When you coming to Southern California, you fucking whore???
You want a fucking war? I got a baseball bat upside your goddamn head.
Mike
Just Wondering
Jun 30, 2019, 9:24:49 PM6/30/19
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now replaced the shotgun with a $200 gift certificate.
J. Hugh Sullivan
Jul 1, 2019, 10:47:36 AM7/1/19
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On Sun, 30 Jun 2019 14:43:52 -0700 (PDT), darkst...@gmail.com
wrote:
You scared me. I think I'll just send someone.
I'll sit it out at the Long Beach Country Club even though it might
have changed a bit since 1946. Is the Pan Pacific Auditorium still
around there somewhere?
Hugh
wrote:
I'll sit it out at the Long Beach Country Club even though it might
have changed a bit since 1946. Is the Pan Pacific Auditorium still
around there somewhere?
Hugh
darkst...@gmail.com
Jul 1, 2019, 1:40:30 PM7/1/19
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Hugh, you don't get something that I got pretty quickly.
You want America great, you need people like me DEAD, and then face-on-a-pike down Broadway to state to the next ten generations that some favors come at too high a price.
Mike
You want America great, you need people like me DEAD, and then face-on-a-pike down Broadway to state to the next ten generations that some favors come at too high a price.
Mike
J. Hugh Sullivan
Jul 2, 2019, 9:48:43 AM7/2/19
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On Mon, 1 Jul 2019 10:40:29 -0700 (PDT), darkst...@gmail.com wrote:
>Hugh, you don't get something that I got pretty quickly.
Frankly, I don't get much of what you got.
>Hugh, you don't get something that I got pretty quickly.
>You want America great, you need people like me DEAD, and then face-on-a-pike down Broadway to state to the next ten generations that some favors come at too high a price.
And I'm not aware that your being alive or dead would change much, if
anything. If you were dead, or mass-killed a hundred people, the sun
would still rise in the east the next day.
America became great because we competed and won. Of course folks got
left behind. Whether we are capitalists or socialists, there will
always be someone pulling our strings because he is a better
competitor.
Hugh
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