Saturday, April 4, 2015

Inside America's Machine Gun theme park

America: the land where you can never have enough guns. Like that Isaac Asimov's quote that science has raced ahead to 21st century, & we humans think that our mentality is also developed enough to be in 21st century, but society is still in caveman mentality.
 
What do you expect when you give a caveman a gizmo from 21st century? Feelings of awe, wonder, & power. If that gizmo is some kind of firearm, then the result could be far more dangerous. Similarly, you don't give the bottle of industrial-strength cleaner to a toddler; it will kill itself.
 
Ironically, developed countries, like America, consider themselves "civilized" countries but love to make, own, & sell firearms to the world. Developing countries are considered "uncivilized" & "barbaric" by developed countries, & people in those developing countries (South Asia, Asia, Africa etc) don't own as many guns, or make guns, or even sell guns to other countries.
 
Who is more "barbaric" & "uncivilized" now?
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Children as young as 13 can shoot military-grade firearms at America's newest gun-themed attraction.
 
Machine Gun America in Florida is offering gun lovers full access to an arsenal of high calibre automatic weapons.
 
Customers can spray submachine gun bullets at target posters ranging from Osama Bin Laden to vampires, with ticket prices starting at $100.
 
Even visitors with no prior weapons training are handed heavy weaponry such as the MP5, M4, & the Glock 17 to destroy targets.
 
Young women are so far one of the largest demographics of visitors to Machine Gun America.
 
John Webster, 21, from Tampa, Florida, USA visited the range with his two friends. He said: 'My heart was pumping - I never fired a gun like that in my life. To feel so much power was just exhilarating - pulling the trigger & having your whole body shake, there's nothing like it.'
 

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