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imastawka · ‎17-11-2018

Wisconsin Business Gives Guns to Its Employees as Christmas Bonus

A Wisconsin company is presenting its employees a controversial Christmas bonus: A gun.

The owners of BenShot, a business that sells bulletproof drinking glass products, decided this year that they wanted to give their 16 employees a unique gift they could put to good use, and so they chose firearms.

Ben Wolfgram, co-owner of the father-son business, said their team is a close one.

“My dad and I talked about it. First, it was for personal safety,” Wolfgram told InsideEdition.com. “The second part, we thought it would be fun for our employees.”

They gave a $500 price range and allowed employees to pick any gun they wanted within that budget.

“We had a couple [people] buy a Smith & Wesson,” Wolfgram said. “One guy got an AR-15.”

Wolfgram said two of the employees opted not to get guns because one said “she had enough at home” and the other “didn’t think she would use it.”

He said he’s received all kinds of feedback about his decision, but insisted it has been mostly positive.

“We have future outings planned to go to the shooting range as a team-building [exercise],” he said.

See? Only in America, surely.

And why do you need bulletproof drinking glasses?

I shudder to think..............

zanadoo_56 · ‎18-11-2018

I know I'd never use such a present.

Could I have $500 worth of Lindt chocolates instead?

springyzone · ‎18-11-2018

What gets me is the explanation.

First they say they were thinking of the personal safety of their workers, which, okay, I can see how someone might think that, although a good security door at the front might do the job (ever notice how on American TV shows, no one has a security door & cops or robbers can just barge straight in)

But then they say it would be a 'fun' gift. What's fun about the idea of having to use a gun on someone? Realistically, if they have picked little hand guns, those are for shooting people.

k1ooo-slr-sales · ‎19-11-2018

my concern would also be for the families of these workers. Without knowing the gun storage laws in the USA, I do think that if there is a gun in the household then it may end up in the hands of a toddler, or more concerning, a depressed teen having issues at school with teachers and/or classmates.