Use 19: Car Model

Over the 4th of July weekend, the spouse, the child and I took a road trip through Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama in search of barbecue and tackiness. We were more successful on the tacky than the barbecue.

In Winchester, Tennessee, we discovered the Hero Gear store: http://www.hero-gear.com/. A taste from their website:

"Hero-Gear is located in beautiful Southern-Middle Tennessee.
"We are a full line dealer for the very finest tactical and defensive firearms available today. We specialize in high end/high quality 1911s, AR15/M4 platform rifles, Sniper rifles, AK and SKS rifles, Duty approved firearms from Smith and Wesson, Glock, Springfield Armory, Sig Sauer, Heckler and Koch, and many more!"

I'll just let y'all check out the rest of their website so you can get the full joy of their establishment.

Outside, they had the official Hero Gear Mobile, and the Dead Brother simply had to check it out:


Here we find Dead Brother in the archetypical laid-out-across-the-hood model pose. Admittedly, I was a little disappointed by his choice of so hackneyed a look, but hey, it was his photo shoot, so who am I to complain?









We were about to be on our way when we noticed the rules posted on the front door, which were just too tasty not to share:


"All loaded firearms must remain holstered at all times.

"All other firearms should be locked open & clear.
"No unaccompanied children."

Which of course makes one wonder: was there a problem with patrons bringing in loaded weapons and just swinging them around randomly?

Now don't get me wrong, I'm a huge supporter of the Second Amendment. And I can see a certain logic into taking your old gun to the store with you when you want to buy a new one -- I mean, I've taken skirts with me to get shirts that match. But a *loaded* gun? When you're *not* planning on robbing the place? What's that for?