America, F— Yeah! All the right people are offended by Orlando's newest tourist attraction

MICKEY

A new Orlando-area tourist attraction has opened up to add to the long list of other theme parks. But it’s unlike anything you’ll fins at Disney World, Universal Studiosm or Sea World. It’s called Machine Gun America.
It allows participants to fire live ammunition from fully automatic weapons.
“Everybody has something they always wanted to try,” General Manager Bruce Nierenberg told local CBS affiliate WTSP Channel 10 News. “This would be on people’s bucket list to try it and have a new experience.”

If you think that’s awesome — which it is — wait until you get to this next part:

Not everyone is thrilled with the idea of the 13,000 square foot facility being planted within the Mecca of Florida’s family-friendly theme parks.
“You’ve got Holy Land right there in Orlando. You’ve got Disney World, and Epcot,” said Lucia Kay McBath, a member of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense, “All places for family fun where they should feel protected.”
But it would appear that McBath is among the minority. The station is running a poll where it asks participants “Do you think it’s okay to allow kids as young as 13 to handle high-powered machine guns?”
Over 76% voted “Yes.”

I love this country.

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“Everybody has something they always wanted to try,” General Manager Bruce Nierenberg told local CBS affiliate WTSP Channel 10 News. “This would be on people’s bucket list to try it and have a new experience.”

Hopefully they have learned from the experience of other ranges and are taking appropriate steps.

Nine-year-old Girl Fatally Shoots Instructor With Uzi

The ones I have been to treat Class III the same way as semi-auto.

All shooters must be over the age of 21 or be accompanied by a parent or a legal guardian at all times or provide a completed third party minor release waiver

https://www.topgunrange.com/safety.html

I confess to being attracted to the thought of actually firing any number of machine-guns and submachine guns out of historical curiosity. Having two uncles who preferred the Thompson M1 or M1A1 in their respective combat careers (one as an infantryman during WWII, the other as a Marine in Korea), I'd particularly like to try one out.

RE the picture of Michael Rodent: When SGT Mr. niteowl77 Jr was still SPC Mr. niteowl77 Jr, he had the misfortune of being extraordinarily proficient with an M203 one fine day, and that piece of pipe was subsequently hung around his neck (figuratively) when he was in that unit. I told him that based on what people had told me, he'd probably have liked the M79 even less.

Mr. niteowl77

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