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US car dealer offers free AK-47 for buyers

(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-11-15 16:29

SANFORD, Florida - A Florida car dealership is trying to drum up business is offering an unusual perk for potential used-truck buyers: A free AK-47 assault rifle.

General sales manager Nick Ginetta says that since the promotion was announced on Veterans Day, business has more than doubled at Nations Trucks in Sanford.

Customers would have to pass a background check before using the $400 (euro290) gun shop voucher. They also have the option of using the money toward other firearms, or they can request a check in that amount instead.

The dealership has fielded some complaints about the deal, which Ginetta acknowledges is controversial. But, he adds: "My buyer is absolutely a gun owner, no question."

The promotion runs through the end of November.

A man shot and killed a woman and their two daughters in his home late Saturday morning before turning the gun on himself, US authorities said.

Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook identified the dead as a 29-year-old man, a 27-year-old woman and two girls, ages 4 and 7.

A 2-year-old boy was taken to a hospital with a minor injury, and police believe the man tried to shoot him, too, he said.