Over at the Blaze, the article about This Funeral Company assures us that it’s NOT taken from The Onion.
The above headline is inspired by text from the actual Holy Smoke LLC website.
They’ve developed a novel way to spread the ashes of the deceased whose bodies are cremated, by loading into ammo. This can then be used for the classic 21 gun salute, for target practice, hunting, or for home protection.
This concept was born when one of the founders imagined himself after death: ” I will rest in peace knowing that the last thing that one turkey will see is me, screaming at him at about 900 feet per second”
The other founder felt comforted by the idea of ‘remaining ecologically sound and useful’, after passing on.
The term celestial discharge now can describe successive and repeating events, for each outdoorsman, whose memory is honored at Holy Smokes.