God Bless America

Wednesday 14 November 2012 - Filed under Uncategorized

Who else but an American could have come up with something as awesome as this?

Many people keep cremated remains in an urn on the mantle or scatter their loved one’s ashes over a sacred place.

Now, a company has pioneered a new twist: putting cremated remains into ammunition.

Thad Holmes and Clem Parnell, who founded Holy Smoke last year, say business is picking up, and they’ve received orders from as far away as South America and Europe.
For $850, Holy Smoke will take cremated remains and put them into various types of shotgun shells and bullets for rifle and pistol shooters. The Stockton, Ala., company was started a year ago by two state game wardens.

Literally and figuratively, Holy Smoke’s business is “booming.” Clem Parnell, a co-founder, thought the families of the dead should have a livelier method to honor those who enjoyed the outdoors.

“Wouldn’t it be cool to put some ash in a shell, to the point of a 250-round case of shells, and all his friends could go out and have a day on the range and celebrate the way this guy used to be?” Parnell says. “The way he was when he was alive — vibrant and enjoying life.”

God bless America.

2012-11-14  »  madlibertarianguy