Shotgun wedding: Texas jewelry store offers gun with each engagement ring purchase

Thacker Jewelry in Lubbock is holding a "shotgun wedding sale," offering buyers of engagement rings a certificate for a free gun at a local dealer. The certificates are good for one of two types of weapon. Thacker Jewelry in Lubbock is holding a "shotgun wedding sale," offering buyers of engagement rings a certificate for a free gun at a local dealer. The certificates are good for one of two types of weapon. Photo: Thacker Jewelry Shotgun Wedding Lubbock Photo: Thacker Jewelry Shotgun Wedding Lubbock Image 1 of / 35 Caption Close Shotgun wedding: Texas jewelry store offers gun with each engagement ring purchase 1 / 35 Back to Gallery

With any luck, no one taking advantage of a "shotgun wedding" sale in West Texas will actually need the shotgun to have the wedding take place.

But, courtesy of a jewelry store in Lubbock, anyone buying an engagement ring at the end of October will get a free Remington 870 shotgun or a bolt action rifle.

Thacker Jewelry in Lubbock has held the "shotgun wedding" sale for about three years. The concept is simple: Anyone buying an engagement ring will also get a gift certificate for a shotgun or a rifle with LSG Tactical, a local gun dealer.

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"The idea, of course, is the word play and the old shotgun wedding," jewelry store owner Joe Thacker told KLBK-TV in Lubbock. "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."

LSG Tactical owner Steve Burns called the sale "a natural for most Texans."

"Most guys grew up hunting or at least exposed to hunting if not by their family, but by their friends, or social groups," Burns told the station.

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Thacker hopes the sale from Oct. 27 through Oct. 29 will draw plenty of couples looking to tie the knot.

“Who doesn’t want to get a shotgun or a rifle and in the process capture the love of their lives?” Thacker asked.