Second Amendment on trial: <\/strong>Supreme Court passes on cases challenging lifetime gun ownership ban<\/span><\/p>\n “Legally, we don’t have to do that. But we just want to be above par with everything, and we don’t want to seem like we’re\u00a0just throwing out guns left and right to whoever.\u00a0I want to make sure that it’s done properly,” Thomas said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Wiggins Construction is coming off its busiest year in 2020, which Thomas credits to the recent housing boom in the state.<\/p>\n “There’s a reason people live in Wyoming.\u00a0There’s a reason that people are moving here at an alarming rate. (It)\u00a0is to get away from the censorship, to get away from the politics of big cities and to enjoy the freedoms that the Constitution (has) granted them,” he said.<\/p>\n The company is booked over the next year and a half but is expanding roofing operations because of the promotion. Thomas\u00a0estimates over 150 roofs will be installed by the end of the year.<\/p>\n He said he’s received emails and phone calls from across the country since the promotion was announced, both positive and negative, but plans to respond to each one.\u00a0<\/p>\n Wiggins Constructions marketing director Matt Thomas (middle) poses with Stan and Debbie LaBlue, who received an AR-15 rifle from the company Wednesday morning. The LaBlue's moved to Wyoming from California. (Photo: Courtesy: Wiggins Constructions)<\/span><\/p>\n “Part of that Constitution as well is\u00a0freedom of speech, and I 100% encourage anybody, whether they’re pro or against the promotion to, and I will hear out every argument.”\u00a0 Thomas said. “I don’t mind you calling us baby killers and saying all sorts of negative stuff about our company because it’s your constitutional right to do so.”<\/p>\n Thomas said he doesn’t think he needs to defend the Second Amendment, but referred to how, “you don’t see stories of mass shootings in Wyoming,” despite having the highest number of registered guns per capita in the country, according to CBS News.<\/p>\n “We’re just doing this for local people, and just as a thank you gift for doing business with our company,” Thomas said.<\/p>\n This isn’t the first time guns have been offered for promotions. In 2019, a Ford dealership in Alabama offered shotguns with the purchase of cars.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2021\/04\/21\/USAT\/809930f6-bd61-4fea-a108-cf2f2557d678-Wyoming_construction_company_guns.jpg?width=180&height=240&fit=bounds&auto=webp\")
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