US shop's Valentine's offer: sex toys for guns

[Kennah]

Source: AFP

A shop in the US state of Alabama on Tuesday launched a Valentine's Day offer it hopes will trigger a large response in a limp economy: customers can swap their guns for sex toys.

"In today's economy, this is a way of helping people who may feel they can't afford something for Valentine's Day," said Sherri Williams, the owner of the "Pleasures" sex toy shop, where assorted erotica during the next week can be obtained in exchange for cast-off firearms.
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Firearms found to have been stolen or used in a crime will be handed over to the police, while others will be auctioned off, with proceeds going to victims of gun violence, said Williams, who said she is not looking to make money out of the deal.
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"You never know, maybe there will be someone who says, 'I've got this gun that I could go rob a liquor store with, or maybe I can get me a blow-up doll for Valentine's Day, instead."


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Could this work in reverse?

A gun shop swapping unwanted sex toys for guns?

[ClassWarrior]

1. Make love, not war.

And if you can't be with the one you love, honey, love the one you're with.

:rofl:

NGU.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. ROFLMAO!!!

[Hoopla Phil]

13. What's so funny? They are going to resell the guns.

"Willaims said any guns used in crimes will be turned over to police. The rest will be auctioned at MyPleasureStore.com, and Williams said a portion of the profits will go to victims of violent crimes in Alabama through the Alabama Crime Victims' Compensation Commission."
http://blog.al.com/breaking/2011/02/alabama_sex_toy_shop_guns_for_toys.html
How big do you think that "portion" will be?

Oh I get the humor now. It's irony.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

That is funny!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Skittles]

3. :)

:rofl: I love it!

[Hoopla Phil]

14. Me too. Great marketing to get a bunch of guns cheep for resale.

"Willaims said any guns used in crimes will be turned over to police. The rest will be auctioned at MyPleasureStore.com, and Williams said a portion of the profits will go to victims of violent crimes in Alabama through the Alabama Crime Victims' Compensation Commission."
How big do you think that "portion" will be?

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2011/02/alabama_sex_toy_shop_guns_for_toys.html

I love it too!!


:rofl:

[Poll_Blind]

4. The infamous "Sock Drawer Swap". I think this is a great idea.

:thumbsup:

PB

[marmar]

5. I've got the perfect jingle for them.....

Glocks down, c**** up

[virgogal]

7. OMG that's funny.

[Orrex]

6. From my cold, dead hands...

Wait. What?

[jkappy]

8. Very Innovative: Sexism/Violence/Commerce combo.

They will auction off the guns... and offer a trade off to men with guns. you give us your gun and we'll give you a less deadly gun, but less deadly to whom??

Reminds of the sexist anti-war slogan "Women say YES to Men who say NO."

[marmar]

9. "we'll give you a less deadly gun"

So a buttplug is like an AK-47? ...... I'm so confused.

[Hoopla Phil]

12. They may "give you a less deadly gun" but they'll sell what you trade in to someone else.

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2011/02/alabama_sex_toy_shop_guns_for_toys.html
"Willaims said any guns used in crimes will be turned over to police. The rest will be auctioned at MyPleasureStore.com, and Williams said a portion of the profits will go to victims of violent crimes in Alabama through the Alabama Crime Victims' Compensation Commission."

[DesertDiamond]

10. Love this idea! "a large response in a limp economy"!! LOL!!

[Hoopla Phil]

11. They are going to AUCTION OFF the guns that are brought in.

Something tells me that 1) they will be giving much less than marked value for the guns turned in and 2) They ATF will see this as engaging in a gun business. If they do not have an FFL then they will be an illegal arms dealer. If they DO have an FFL they are engaged is some incredible marketing!!!


"Willaims said any guns used in crimes will be turned over to police. The rest will be auctioned at MyPleasureStore.com, and Williams said a portion of the profits will go to victims of violent crimes in Alabama through the Alabama Crime Victims' Compensation Commission."
http://blog.al.com/breaking/2011/02/alabama_sex_toy_shop_guns_for_toys.html
So how big to think that "portion" will really be?

[Kennah]

15. I love the fact that it's in the Bible Belt

[Hoopla Phil]

16. Yep, big market for re-selling those guns ain't there?

[Electric Monk]

17. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x374159

[Hoopla Phil]

18. Yup, there is three that I've counted so far. . . .

[Kaleva]

19. This would have helped that one woman who had a pistol stuck in her vagina.

She had to go to the ER to have it removed and was arrested for illegal possession of a handgun. Later got an Honorable Mention at the Darwin Award site.

[Kennah]

20. She was trying to shoot a man in her vagina.

What was he doing in her vagina?

[PoliticAverse]

21. You have to know the difference...

between your rifle and your gun...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kU0XCVey_U