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Texas jewelry store's 'shotgun wedding sale': Buy a ring, get a gun for free
LUBBOCK, Texas — A Texas jewelry store will hold its annual “Shotgun Wedding Sale” starting Thursday and ending Saturday.
Thacker Jewelry in Lubbock is offering a gift certificate for a shotgun or rifle at local gun store LSG Tactical Arms with each purchase of an engagement ring over $2,000.
Owner Joe Thacker gave some insight on the promotional event, now in its third year:
"The idea, of course, is the wordplay and the old shotgun wedding. Not going back to the negative connotation, playing off of that and it’s been a lot of fun. We had a lot of people participate and this year we’ve even gotten into it more."
Read more: http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/national/texas-jewelry-stores-shotgun-wedding-sale-buy-ring/nsxmH/
