美国佛罗里达州的一家公司近期推出一个“无商人受害”项目，只要成为该公司客户三个月，就会得到一张购物券用于安全监控设备的升级或者在当地一家枪械商店购买AK-47之类的枪支武器。该公司总裁表示，他们支持所有商家以暴制暴，并且推荐客户用购物券购买武器，例如AK-47步枪。他还指出，美国政府计划让更多囚犯提前出狱，这一举措可能导致针对商家的暴力事件增加。该公司推出这样的服务项目就是为了让全社会转变观念：商家在遭遇犯罪分子袭击时也可以有力抵抗，而不仅仅是等着司法部门来保护他们的安全。

A Florida company is giving new clients a voucher to buy an AK-47 assault rifle to defend themselves from violent crime.

A Florida company is giving new clients a voucher to buy an AK-47 assault rifle to defend themselves from violent crime.

Sarasota-based MerchantService.com is a business that provides small stores and businesses with cash machines and credit card processing services.

Its "No Merchant Victim" program now offers a voucher that can be used to buy a gun such as an AK-47 from a local gun dealer, or upgraded security camera equipment, when clients have had its services for three months.

"We encourage all merchants to stand their ground against attack with lethal force," company president Gino Kauzlarich told AFP. "Hence our recommendation they buy a firearm such as a AK-47... (But) what the merchant chooses to do with the voucher payment cash is the merchants choice."

He charged that US federal government plans to increase early releases from prison, particularly in California, will likely fuel violent crime such as assaults on merchants.

Kauzlarich also said that with 400,000-500,000 guns robbed annually in the United States, "our goal is to effect a societal expectation shift that every criminal should expect to confront lethal force when they attack our merchants, rather than the criminal justice system protects the criminals well being during the commission of murders, robberies and crimes."

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