Welcome to Santa’s gun club – answers

questions

1. Where might Santa be if he isn’t in his workshop? on the shooting range
2. Where is the gun club? in Arizona
3. Which word tells us that this is an unexpected place to have a ‘seasonal’ photo? ‘a twist’
4. What can visitors do? pose next to St Nick
5. What represents hundreds of thousands of dollars? the guns
6. What are people able to express at this event? their passion for firearms and their holiday spirit
7. What is the price of the gun pictured? $80,000
8. How many people came previously for the photo opportunity? 500
9. What does the store hope for this year? 1,000 (double that number)
10. What do we learn at the end of the piece about the guns? they are not loaded

Why might this piece be considered rather ironic? Christmas is supposed to be a time of peace