INW: Radio Shack: No Free Guns

Steve Strand, who has owned the Radio Shack in Hamilton, Mont., for seven years, poses in front of his store Tuesday. Strand said he is going to fight any effort to stop his sales promotion that allows customers with a clean record to get a free gun when they sign up for new Dish Network service. Radio Shack has ordered Strand to stop the free-gun promotion. Missoulian story here. (AP Photo/Ravalli Republic, David Erickson)

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Question: What do you make of Steve Strand’s promotion that provides a free gun to customers who sign up for new Dish Network service?