Newt Gingrich Out-Sniped on Chevy Volt Gun Rack

"You can't put a gun rack in a Volt," Newt Gingrich has been laughing along with his audiences at campaign stops in Georgia and Oklahoma.



Not so fast, responds GM spokesman Rob Peterson, sticking up for his American-made product:

"Fuel efficiency -- not the availability of a gun rack -- is one of the top purchase considerations for all new vehicles. "However, if accessories for the Volt are that important to Mr. Gingrich, we'll gladly send him a product brochure."

But the better response comes from a Chevy Volt owner, who simply mounted a gun rack in the back of his Volt:



I'll bet you could also put a pistol in the console or under the front seat. In fact, one of my high school teachers in the 1970s kept a loaded pistol under the front seat of the little Datsun he drove to and from school.

I have been thinking about getting a Volt for a year now, even though I have no interest in making new car payments and living in the city I have no place to plug it in. The battery fire stories also dampened my enthusiasm a bit. So I guess I'll keep driving my Jeep.

You can say what you want about cool SUVs and pickup trucks, but these hybrid electric cars are cool too. I rented a Prius a few years back on a trip to the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, coasting down from Hurricane Ridge with no sound but the wheels on the pavement and driving up the beach at Washington Shores with the window down and nothing but the crunch of the sand and the roar of the Pacific.