PALISADE — Mary Lincoln thinks there’s a killing to be made.
Which is why Palisade’s Slice O’ Life Bakery is turning out new cookies — handgun-shaped.
“We’re just trying to stay in touch with the trends,” Lincoln said with a smile on a recent Thursday, tongue firmly planted in her cheek.
You’ll find them on the bottom rack at the front counter at the Lincoln family’s West Third Street bakery: $2 sugar-cookie goodness shaped roughly in the form of a 9mm pistol.
“Join the Crowd,” a sign reads.
“All sales final.” “No background checks.” “No waiting period.” “Circumvent those pesky taxes.”
Don’t expect new firearm models for hunting season, though.
“We don’t have any assault rifles, but I don’t know what one looks like either,” Lincoln said during a break from the afternoon’s baking.
Nobody’s completely off their rocker here — just having fun.
Lincoln said she was “inspired” by national and local media reports earlier this month explaining a surge of firearm purchases following President-elect Barack Obama’s Nov. 4 victory.
“Just trying to stay on top of the retail game,” she said.
When asked if she was concerned how the faux gun sale might be received, given her son Sam’s infamous meth-fueled crime spree of 2005, she doesn’t hesitate.
“We sell to felons too,” Lincoln said, smiling. “No ID checks either.
“It’s been very positively received.”
Nearly three years after Mary Lincoln stood before cameras pleading for her son Samuel Kingman Lincoln to surrender in the midst of a high-profile 18-day manhunt by Mesa County law enforcement, there’s laughter again at Slice O’ Life Bakery.
