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Wisconsin company giving every employee a handgun for Christmas
The Hill ^ | 11/13/18 | Owen Daugherty

Posted on 11/13/2018 7:12:45 PM PST by yesthatjallen

A Wisconsin company is giving every employee a handgun for Christmas.

The company, BenShot, sells novelty glassware with bullets embedded, according to the Appleton Post-Crescent.

The gift idea is part of an effort to promote personal safety and team building, owner Ben Wolfgram told the newspaper.

“For us, now, we have an entire armed staff,” he said. “I think that’s pretty good.”

All 16 full-time employees will be able to pick their choice of revolver. Wolfgram said most employees, including some who had never shot a gun, were excited about the company's announcement.

Wolfgram said at least two employees initially declined the gift but are reconsidering after taking a gun-safety course that the company required before giving out the guns.

The report comes amid national debate over firearms as mass shootings occur in America with more frequency. A dozen people were recently killed at a bar in California as a result of a mass shooting.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: banglist; guns; handguns; revolver; revolvers; wheelgun; wheelguns
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1 posted on 11/13/2018 7:12:45 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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"All 16 full-time employees will be able to pick their choice of revolver. "

Is it revolvers only or is Owen Daugherty just ignorant?

2 posted on 11/13/2018 7:17:24 PM PST by OKSooner (Whatever happened to, "The midterms are safe."?)
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To: OKSooner

Nothing wrong with wheel guns.
They are the simplest to operate and most reliable handgun.


3 posted on 11/13/2018 7:19:26 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: yesthatjallen

I work at a gun store and all we get is a Christmas party.


4 posted on 11/13/2018 7:20:06 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: yesthatjallen

Oh noes! What will the doctors say?


5 posted on 11/13/2018 7:27:23 PM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH? #My2nd)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

And they don’t throw the empty cases all over either. No littering.


6 posted on 11/13/2018 7:28:26 PM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH? #My2nd)
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To: yesthatjallen

Hell yeah.


7 posted on 11/13/2018 7:34:46 PM PST by simpson96
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To: yesthatjallen

Any revolver or just from the company selected? IF any revolver it would have to be a Ruger Super Blackhawk in .44 mag. Big Iron style. The kind that make a snowflake lib quiver in fear just at the mere thought of it.


8 posted on 11/13/2018 7:34:48 PM PST by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: yesthatjallen

That business is just a few miles down the road from me. Must have driven past it a couple of dozen times and never knew it was there until I read about it in the paper today. I will do some Xmas shopping there.


9 posted on 11/13/2018 7:35:03 PM PST by MRadtke (Light a candle or curse the darkness?)
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To: yesthatjallen

Liberals are expecting a massacre to occur at this business within 7 days. Two weeks, tops.


10 posted on 11/13/2018 7:35:09 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: yesthatjallen; mylife; Joe Brower; MaxMax; Randy Larsen; waterhill; Envisioning; AZ .44 MAG; ...

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11 posted on 11/13/2018 7:41:48 PM PST by PROCON ('Progressive' is a Euphemism for Totalitarian)
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And they don’t throw the empty cases all over either. No littering.

Exactly, saves the environment, donchaknow!

12 posted on 11/13/2018 7:43:32 PM PST by PROCON ('Progressive' is a Euphemism for Totalitarian)
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To: PROCON

Awesome!


13 posted on 11/13/2018 7:45:58 PM PST by TADSLOS (I hate Russian Dolls. They are so full of themselves.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

#4. Lurkin. I’m glad you didn’t write, “Oh shoot, I work at a gun store and all we get is a Christmas party”.

Would scare the bejesus out of me./sarc

I think I’m getting a .356 for Chanukah. The tank is on order for Xmas. Got to protect the grandchildren. My kids and son-in-law have enough weapons amongst themselves to endure a Zombie Apocalypse. Hunters, veterans of 3 wars, target shooters, child protectors.


14 posted on 11/13/2018 8:18:22 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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“My kids and son-in-law have enough weapons amongst themselves to endure a Zombie Apocalypse. Hunters, veterans of 3 wars, target shooters, child protectors.”

Sounds like a nice family to have as neighbors!
Makes your screen name make sense too.


15 posted on 11/13/2018 8:33:55 PM PST by oldvirginian ( Buckle up kids, rough road ahead.)
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To: yesthatjallen
This is their product:


16 posted on 11/13/2018 8:59:07 PM PST by Rio
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To: Rio

“Two Fingers”,
Perfect!


17 posted on 11/13/2018 9:07:00 PM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: oldvirginian

As Mel Gibson said in “Lethal Weapon” (One), to Danny Glover, “I’m not crazy”.

I’m old, have lots of pain and eyes aren’t what they used to be but I still can shoot a 9MM etc at a 25 ft target and shoot a 1 to 1-1/2 inch pattern between the eyes or at dead center. (Used to do that with a 22 rifle at 75 feet. Gonna try that the next time I go shooting, but with a handgun).

Basically I only need three shots to do that but I shoot 5-6 bullets just to make sure. Got grandchildren to protect.


18 posted on 11/13/2018 9:08:35 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Show your boss this article.


19 posted on 11/13/2018 9:10:30 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: yesthatjallen

Check out the Comments at the Link. Lots of Gun haters out there going on about how the Employee’s and their Families would be endangered.

Good thing the Company didn’t buy their Employees Cars or Swimming Pools. Their Families might actually be in danger.


20 posted on 11/13/2018 9:19:32 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
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