Using guns as a marketing bonus has a long history in the United States. Guns have always been valued. A free firearm with a car or to open a bank account has been fairly common in the last few years. The usual system, in our over regulated age, is to give a coupon to be redeemed at a gun shop, which has made a deal with the car dealership or the bank. But things were simpler in 1887, when the San Francisco Chronicle a weekly, offered a pistol along with a years subscription, for $3.90. That did not include...