{"id":307,"date":"2003-09-24T02:39:00","date_gmt":"2003-09-24T02:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=307"},"modified":"2018-08-03T11:26:11","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T16:26:11","slug":"307","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2003\/09\/24\/307\/","title":{"rendered":"A Nice Place To Keep Sodas"},"content":{"rendered":"

While perusing America’s Second Freedom<\/i>, I’ve often encountered an ad from Browning<\/a> touting its gun safes. How does it do so? By presenting the testimonial of Inmate #8390027, a.k.a. “Sledge”: “When I get out, I’m getting a Browning safe.”<\/b><\/p>\n

Text of the ad indicates:<\/p>\n

\nSledge is currently serving a seven to 15-year [sic] sentence for his fifth conviction for breaking and entering an occupied dwelling (he has plea bargained away over 20 other “B & Es” and admits that he has done more than he could count in his 13-year criminal career). In a letter to Browning written from his cell, Sledge freely admits, “My partner and I broke into hundreds of houses, many with so-called gun safes, and after we tried to get into a Browning gun safe, it was the last thing we ever wanted to see.”<\/p>\n

In his letter, Sledge cites a previous advertisement for Browning gun safes under the headline, “The Competition Hates Our Guts.” He responds, “Now that I see what goes into your safe, I see why I could never open one. The competition isn’t the only one who hates your guts!” Sledge can’t stay locked away forever. Isn’t it nice to know your valuables can?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While I see Browning’s goal with this article, which is to say a convicted burglar\/home invader knows a Browning gun safe is a good gun safe, but let’s reiterate the eye-catching headline:<\/p>\n

“WHEN I GET OUT, I’M GETTING A BROWNING SAFE.”<\/h3>\n

Class, discuss the reasons that Mr. Sledge would own a gun safe. Would it be:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • A safe place in which he, a convicted felon, could store weapons that he possessed illegally since he is prohibited from owning guns.\n
  • A good way to practice breaking into Browning gun safes.\n
  • A cool, dry place to store sodas.<\/ul>\n

    Apparently Browning must think it was the last option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    While perusing America’s Second Freedom, I’ve often encountered an ad from Browning touting its gun safes. How does it do so? By presenting the testimonial of Inmate #8390027, a.k.a. “Sledge”: “When I get out, I’m getting a Browning safe.” Text of the ad indicates: Sledge is currently serving a seven to 15-year [sic] sentence for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3334,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advertisements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3334"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21693,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions\/21693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}