The wild, wild west without the horses!

Montana Radio Shack gives away free guns to customers with new satellite dish service

By Nina Mandell/Daily News Staff Writer
Saturday, March 26th 2011

Radio Shack is giving new satellite dish customers a choice of free shotgun or handgun when they sign up. If the firearm isn't an attractive offer, they can opt for a $50 Pizza Hut gift certificate. (Getty)

For Radio Shack customers in Montana, a satellite dish network package arms them with more than just a remote.

It also comes with a gun.

Or, if customers don't qualify (or for some reason don't want the firearm), they can receive a $50 Pizza Hut gift certificate.

When reached by phone, a store employee told the News that people had been flocking in for the deal. So much so, store owner Steve Strand told the Ravalli Republic newspaper, business had tripled.

"I think it really, really fits Bitterroot Valley," he told the newspaper.

The deal is brightly advertised on a sign outside the Radio Shack that reads "Protect Yourself With Dish Network Sign Up Now Get Free Gun."

Before customers can get their free pistol or shotgun, they must go through background checks – which come free with the Dish Network purchase, according to the newspaper.

"We're not just giving away guns to felons," store manager Fabian Levy said.