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Strangest or Best Promotion Ever? Iowa Jeweler Giving Free Rifles to Men Who Buy Engagement Rings

Oct. 16, 2012 9:46am Erica Ritz

(TheBlaze/AP) — Have you spent your life hunting for the perfect wife? Or maybe you have met the one, but are feeling a bit gun shy?

Well, an Iowa jeweler is offering free rifles for husbands-to-be who spend at least $1,999 on an engagement ring at his store near Iowa City.

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Jeweler Harold van Beek told KCRG near Cedar Rapids that “in today’s economy– in today’s life– fun is more important than anything else,” so with hunting season coming up they decided to provide a little extra incentive to their clients.

Full of puns, the jewelry store owner joked: “If you want to say I’m hunting dear, then say, here’s [your] diamond ring, dear.”

On a more serious note, he added: “Let’s do something for the boy who doesn’t like to hunt for diamonds, but likes to hunt for deer.”

Watch his entire interview with KCRG, below:

The deal at Jewelry By Harold starts Thursday and will run through the end of October, but Harold promises to be there to make sure none of his clients rush into marriage just for the promotional firearm.

Moreover, the rifle offer is subject to Iowa laws on gun ownership. Felons and addicts are not eligible.

“We just hope that people will know about the crazy jeweler in North Liberty who does crazy things,” Harold van Beek explained.

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gypsyemir
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:44pm
strange ever promo!

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macpappy
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 5:30pm
In Texas, we call places like these Pawn Shops, not jewelry stores.

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- NWFLConservative
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:29am
  Exactly!
  
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mikenleeds
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 1:24pm
Every man needs a good wife if you can find one in America and he also needs a good rifle to protect her with

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- Wolfgang the Gray
  Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:50pm
  This is capitalism. Think of the best gimmick to get people to shop at your store instead of others and you reap the business. I see nothing wrong with this. Best of luck to the business owner & I hope he does great. I also hope the government keeps their big, stinking, ugly nose out of this owner’s business. Hopefully the rifles are good ones, not some cheap Chinese piece of shu ma nyaow.
  
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Lotus503
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 12:43pm
Maybe it should be, “Incipient father-in-laws…buy a new shotgun and get a coupon for a free diamond ring”.

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Argenot
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 12:23pm
As a jeweler in Michigan, I LOVE IT!!!

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PaulreveresDarknight
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 12:12pm
Right on Right on! Single guy here and love it. Haha

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Meyvn1
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 11:29am
Hmm… I have all the shotguns I need. Would consider buying a ring if they would provide a coupon for a Smith & Wesson Pre Model 29 .44 magnum revolver or something like it.

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highcarry
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 11:21am
i like the idea, but i’m from iowa. in iowa rifles are not allowed for hunting deer, only shotguns, muzzleloaders and bows.

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- Snidely
  Posted on October 16, 2012 at 7:28pm
  Actually, a Remington Model 870 is a shotgun. They mistakenly called it a rifle in the article, though. In the video, they called it both a shotgun and a rifle.
  
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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 11:04am
Got a gun for my wife .
Boy is she going to be surprised.

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AxelPhantom
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:54am
He should be giving the rifles away to the fathers of the brides.

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50Caliber
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:44am
So? Out West,some Banks used to give a Winchester 30-06 if you bought a 10,000 CD. That’s when money was worth something…before this clown Obama got into Office

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obxned
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:44am
Given the way the current administration is attacking the marrage of one man and one woman, perhaps the jeweler should be offering free his and hers defensive rifles.

On another note, while I find it sad that the jouralist is unable to tell the difference between a rifle and a shotgun, at least he didn’t do like most in the media who call all firearms AK-47s.

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john vincent
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:35am
again, clever

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Zipit
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:15am
Makes more sense to me than hiring an employee that you don’t need, to receive a measly tax break! You know, one of his gigantic “middle class” tax cuts Obama’s always touting!!!

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TheMajority
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:08am
I love our Capitalism.

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woodyee
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:06am
Felons and addicts are not eligible. I believe in Arizona(?), if you’re behind on your child-support payments, you’re ineligible. Pretty soon, if you’re registered a this or that, or if you’re over-weight, or if you post on The Blaze, you’ll be ineligible.

This all started because decent folks sat on their arses when the gobblement got on the case of smokers; first it was assigned seating, then it was a ban on public transportation – you know where it’s ending up.

“We” sat on our arses when they “disqualified” felons. Now they’ve added addicts and child support scoflaws. Where will it end? A felon DOES NOT surrender Constitutional Rights for life WITHOUT surrendering CITIZENSHIP. Ergo, if they want to PREVENT crime, the State/Federal gobblements must make the punishment fit the crime, because what they’re telling us by releasing a felon and then telling that felon that he can no longer own a gun, is that they’re releasing someone who is still a menace to society!
Cannot felons never commit a crime again? Cannot an addict break his addiction? Cannot a c/s scoflaw make up the payments? Of course! Life-time ban? Ridiculous and unConstitutional! “F!” the gobblement!

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- MaltedCheese
  Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:13am
  Never really thought about it like that.
  
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Apple Bite
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:01am
Some women never stop to think about what a man could do with the money spent on a ring….

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MaltedCheese
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:00am
That is awesome!

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Gonzo
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:56am
D. Geller & Son Jewelers did this last month in GA.

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- FreeBeer
  Posted on October 16, 2012 at 11:52am
  I was going to post the same thing. I think they offered a nicer rifle too and it wasn’t limited to engagement rings.
  
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Gary_K
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:55am
Do these guys need the rifle to keep their new wife in check?

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- huey6367
  Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:15am
  that’s what I wondered
  
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perry1980
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:50am
Now thats what I call a Shotgun Wedding!

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