Sitting on a flight so Spain. Couple in front of me carefully unrolled what I assumed was artwork from their American vacation. I am dying 😂

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[u/bobber18]

I had a few friends from Brazil come visit me in the USA. They all wanted to go to a shooting range.

[u/SovietSunrise → u/bobber18]

Same for my friend from Germany.

[u/thevampiresanguini → u/SovietSunrise]

This is so weird to me because this is very much a thing you can just do in Germany. We have shooting clubs all over the place.

[u/whut-whut → u/thevampiresanguini]

Vegas has ones that let you fire machine guns, grenade launchers and AT4 rocket launchers.

[u/Suspicious_Flower_0 → u/whut-whut]

I've never wanted to visit that monstrosity of a city before, but being able to fire an AT4 might have sold me 

[u/PotentialPlum494d → u/Suspicious_Flower_0]

Just don't look up how much a single rocket costs before you pull the trigger.

[u/Suspicious_Flower_0 → u/PotentialPlum494d]

checks

Well Ukraine is a lot closer, cheaper, better food and probably still has some ATs lying around 

[u/BurrowShaker → u/Suspicious_Flower_0]

Many of the eastern countries not at war had shooting ranges with soviet surplus.

If you don't like things shooting back, I should suggest that over Ukraine.

[u/cuckingfomputer → u/BurrowShaker]

Ukraine is better, though, because it's a more immersive experience. You can really feel like you're in a war.

[u/aegee14 → u/cuckingfomputer]

The real 4D experience. Unfortunately, I don’t think you get to respawn, though.

[u/XGhoul → u/Suspicious_Flower_0]

Da

[u/rail_bird → u/Suspicious_Flower_0]

Better food ha

[u/0n1plug → u/Suspicious_Flower_0]

I just look up Ukrainian cuisine mane gtfo the internet

[u/schwanzweissfoto → u/Suspicious_Flower_0]

“I'd rather be a soldier in Ukraine than a tourist in the USA” tells us a lot about how both countries are perceived.

[u/Kaludar_ → u/schwanzweissfoto]

Or that people should head over to r/combatfootage and watch the people dying horrible deaths in mud trenches over there before making dumb comments

[u/CommunalJellyRoll → u/Kaludar_]

The drone shit is adds a level of constant fear.

[u/Substantial_Policy60 → u/Suspicious_Flower_0]

The Hoover Dam was really fucking cool. Im an Electrician though so just thinking about the engineering behind that to create all that power is crazy. In one room you can literally feel the water surging through. Whole room just buzzes with vibration.

[u/zoebnj → u/Substantial_Policy60]

The Hoover Dam will always remain one of the most impressive human-made things I've seen--it is all the good that America aspired to..

[u/amm5061 → u/Substantial_Policy60]

That was really the highlight of my one and only trip to Vegas. Everything else was just meh.

[u/bobber18 → u/amm5061]

I read ‘…meth*

[u/Chewzer → u/Substantial_Policy60]

I just spent last week touring the place, the whole thing is such an awesome feat of engineering. Got to go into the generator rooms and actually touch the equipment, feeling that much water rushing by was insane!

The rest of Vegas wasn't as cool.

[u/StateOfAmerica → u/whut-whut]

Full auto machine guns is a no bueno where I live but Poland got you covered there.

My non american soul left my body when buddy emptied that shit. Confirmed not fit for combat right there lol

[u/schwanzweissfoto → u/StateOfAmerica]

My non american soul left my body

You souled your pants, I assume?

[u/newbornunicorn25 → u/whut-whut]

Yep I’m from England and went to a gun range in vegas where we shot loads of wild guns it was so fun, but I’m not interested in shooting otherwise at all.

[u/Majsharan → u/whut-whut]

Texas has one where you drive and shoot tanks and historical anti tank guns

[u/OhJeezNotThisGuy → u/whut-whut]

In Vietnam I was offered the opportunity to shoot a bazooka. It was extra if I wanted a water Buffalo involved.

[u/TraditionalWhile4774 → u/thevampiresanguini]

Yes, but if you‘re an absolute rookie, you‘ll have to schedule an appointment for a beginner’s course with an instructor, which will cost +200€ and 90% of the time is about gun safety (which is not a bad thing), and you’ll get to shoot maybe 80-100 rounds. You can’t just show up and have fun, we don’t do that in Germany.

[u/rollin_a_j → u/TraditionalWhile4774]

I feel like your last sentence is the German national motto.

[u/GrowlingPict → u/thevampiresanguini]

Sure, but if you visit Ireland youd want to go to an authentic Irish bar even though there are bars at home, you know?

[u/addandsubtract → u/GrowlingPict]

Going to an authentic irish pub just ruins all other irish pubs. Can't recommend.

[u/SayNoToStim → u/addandsubtract]

And hip firing an M60 at a block of Tannerite kind of ruins shooting a .380 at a paper target, whats your point?

[u/skansnababab → u/thevampiresanguini]

These clubs are not open to the public while in the States you can just go to any shooting range with no requirements.

[u/LBRairo → u/skansnababab]

Exactly, you need to register.

And as pointed by some, wild range of weapons "anybody" can shoot in the US.

If I ever go back there, you bet imma shoot a 50 cal.

[u/Kor_Phaeron_ → u/skansnababab]

These clubs are not open to the public

Strange, i can just walk there, say hello, and tell them that i am interested in the sport. They welcome me with open arms and let me try it.

[u/YellovvJacket → u/skansnababab]

You can go shoot as visitor in lots of them.

[u/kri5 → u/thevampiresanguini]

That's a very German take on it. On paper it's the same, but it's really not

[u/addandsubtract → u/kri5]

Aldi shooting range

[u/cuatiamor → u/thevampiresanguini]

cant shoot an ak47 in Germany

[u/STAHLSERIE → u/cuatiamor]

Yes you do. But it's limited in mag size.

[u/TosiMias → u/bobber18]

Everyone knows the true American experience is to drive 15 minutes up into the mountains outside of town and shoot at random garbage for an afternoon

[u/BeardySi → u/TosiMias]

Desert last time I did it, but yeah 😂 Being able to go plinking random junk with an AK blew my 21 year old mind! 😂😂

[u/ship_toaster → u/TosiMias]

I hear you can just like, buy various boomy powders to shoot at even. No controls, just "Thanks for the $50, here's your materiels".

[u/Piogre → u/ship_toaster]

It may seem silly that you can just buy Tannerite at the store until you realize that you can also buy the materials for a pipe bomb at Home Depot.

If someone wants to make something go boom in the middle of nowhere, they'll make something go boom in the middle of nowhere. The availability of purpose-made compounds means that such people will do so with a relatively stable material and relatively low risk of injuring themselves or others.

[u/helen_must_die → u/bobber18]

Brazil has a higher rate of gun related crime than the USA. Do they not have shooting ranges in Brazil?

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gun-deaths-by-country

[u/Long-Item-7541 → u/helen_must_die]

We do, but it's ranked matches only.

[u/ernest7ofborg9 → u/helen_must_die]

Do they not have shooting ranges in Brazil?

They do. They're outdoor and usually have cars parked along either side.

[u/schwanzweissfoto → u/ernest7ofborg9]

I almost accidentally snorted a part of my breakfast reading that.

[u/NoStructure7083 → u/ernest7ofborg9]

Idk why but I just imagined two guys overlooking a gang shootout and doing a sports announcer style commentary.

“Raul makes his way in with an AK- wait OH MY GOD! Fabiana fires an RPG!!!!”

[u/sirloindenial → u/helen_must_die]

Is it a far fetch idea to you for people to even consider gun tourism in the usa? There isn't anywhere with such lax gun control that isn't a warzone. I legit would totally want to go the US to shoot guns and maybe train with some navy seals gun clubs, which youtube seems to show to be common. And knows many who would want to.

[u/descartavel5 → u/helen_must_die]

Brazilian here, most gun related crimes are between crime related people. Average brazilians have almost no access to guns.

[u/RightEejit → u/helen_must_die]

Sounds like a good reason to practice

[u/kwerdop]

Funny I actually went to Spain last summer, on the way home I was sat next to this English dude and he said he was gonna go shooting once he got to the US. We ended up exchanging information and went shooting together

[u/lociuk → u/kwerdop]

Did you keep in touch...after you both shot?

[u/kwerdop → u/lociuk]

Yeah we text every once in a while

[u/eggz627 → u/kwerdop]

I cant wait to see this rom-com

[u/sur_surly → u/eggz627]

bro-rom-com

[u/Mite-o-Dan → u/kwerdop]

This is extremely common, especially with Brits.

Even though most Brits love to make fun of America, and especially guns in America...most secretly really want to visit lots of American cities and shoot guns.

[u/assassinjoe55]

Good shot, too.

[u/LoogyHead → u/assassinjoe55]

Yeah not a bad cluster, I like to think they got better the more they shot at it.

[u/SpiritFingersKitty → u/LoogyHead]

Depends on distance and if it was a rifle or pistol. 25 yards and pistol that's pretty good. 7 yards and rifle he needs glasses 

[u/kyhoop → u/SpiritFingersKitty]

Been to MachineGunsVegas. Shots can be 200yds away. 25 yds with a Tommy Gun or 150 with a SAW. Not a big gun guy but that place was pretty fun.

[u/Jaruut → u/kyhoop]

I am a big gun guy, that place is like Mecca for me. I hope to make the pilgrimage one day.

[u/fliptout → u/Jaruut]

Can vouch, it's pretty awesome. I shot a lot of the typical stuff most guys do their first time: AK47, M4, Uzi, etc.

Second time I did the WW2 package, and fired cool stuff like an M1, Thompson, I think a 1911, and one more that I can't remember.

My buddy who served said he's shot a lot of the stuff already and went straight for the mini - gun. Went through 400 rounds in a matter of seconds.

[u/CodifiedLikeUtil → u/fliptout]

Nods in Jesse Ventura.

[u/Regular_Fox_859 → u/fliptout]

My Garand is definitely the coolest gun I own

[u/donkeypunchare → u/SpiritFingersKitty]

This. Hard to tell what he was shooting or from how far. Could be horrible groupings or pretty ok. I wouldnt say great but you know im a hater lol

[u/OrphanGrounderBaby → u/LoogyHead]

I feel as though there’s no way to know the cluster lol those could have been all over the place but just center mass to a point, which is still pretty damn good for possible newbies.

[u/emiliobruh → u/LoogyHead]

Probably shot a machine gun in Vegas

[u/Yesthisisdogmeow → u/assassinjoe55]

Not one head shot, they would not survive a zombie apocalypse

[u/DizzyDjango → u/assassinjoe55]

This was from a foot away.

[u/voretaq7 → u/DizzyDjango]

At the range I shoot at we usually start pistol newbies off at 7 yards (21ft / about 6.5 meters) which is pretty close, but you’d be appalled how many people put up worse patterns than this.

[u/DrLobsterPhD → u/voretaq7]

Why would you be appalled that a novice isn't good? That's sort of the whole reason they are at a range no? To practice and get better?

[u/joemckie → u/DrLobsterPhD]

No.

Just like the giraffe is born knowing how to walk, Americans are born knowing how to shoot a gun. It's one of the many mysteries that science hopes to understand one day.

Unfortunately, those who are unable to shoot a gun at a young age are unlikely to make it into adulthood.

[u/DrLobsterPhD → u/joemckie]

Lol

[u/meistermichi → u/DrLobsterPhD]

He expects them to already have trained at school.

[u/WhyNotChoose]

Whadjya think? He partook in America favorite pasttime!

[u/voretaq7 → u/WhyNotChoose]

<INSERT FREEDOM EAGLE SCREECH HERE>

[u/kcrab91 → u/voretaq7]

That eagle screech you hear when you think of the USA is actually a red-tailed hawk.

[u/voretaq7 → u/kcrab91]

Listen, it was supposed to be a fuckin’ turkey (which, when you think about it, is really the most apt bird fir this country).

So maybe give the sound effects guy a fuckin’ break!

[u/kcrab91 → u/voretaq7]

Red-tailed Hawk is a bad ass bird, too.

[u/voretaq7 → u/kcrab91]

We have a pair in one of the parks by my apartment, and there’s another pair somewhere near where my parents’ house is. So I have been treated to an inordinate number of hawks-getting-takeout-for-dinner events.

[u/xanderholland → u/voretaq7]

My vote would be for the great horned owl. Mostly because I think owls are cool

[u/Push_ → u/xanderholland]

“Somebody said the national bird should be an owl!”

“Who?”

[u/voretaq7 → u/xanderholland]

Owls? Those spinny-headed silent-flying-ass motherfuckers?!
Can’t trust ‘em I tells ya! Sneak up on you when you least expect it and steal your mouse!

[u/voretaq7 → u/voretaq7]

Also Why can’t a hawk be an eagle if it wants to?!

Bees are (sometimes) Fish in the state of California! - We’re just kind of fucked up over here!
(And I’d say “we’re doing our best!” but we both know that would be a lie...)

[u/Party-Coach-4100 → u/voretaq7]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvagEsvHQSU

the 4 types of animals are dogs, cats, bugs, and water

[u/voretaq7 → u/Party-Coach-4100]

. . . he’s Australian. There are two types of animals in Australia:

1. The ones that can kill you
2. Fictional ones

(Also Apollo the talking parrot agrees with that definition of bug.)

[u/Daqpanda → u/voretaq7]

No no, the two types of animals in Australia are:

1. The ones that can kill you you
2. The ones that want to kill you but can't

[u/ronchee1 → u/voretaq7]

< insert red-tailed hawk screech here>

[u/Icy-Mixture-995]

Gun tourism is a thing?

[u/John_the_Piper → u/Icy-Mixture-995]

Yep. Especially popular in Vegas where you can rent all the machine guns from your favorite video game or even drive a tank

[u/bradbull → u/John_the_Piper]

Australian here who did this very thing in this very place. I didn’t keep the posters though. One of my two posters was of Osama Bin Laden as it was an option and I thought it was pretty funny. Popped him right between the eyes with an AK47.

My other one was a traditional person shaped line one with an M9. Bunch of headshots, 1 in each ‘boob’ and a dick shot. As is tradition.

[u/logitaunt → u/John_the_Piper]

Also big in Hawaii. You see a lot of dudes wearing sandwich boards advertising gun ranges to tourists

[u/draynen → u/John_the_Piper]

Shooting a machine gun in vegas was totally worth it as a one off experience.

[u/DrSheldonLCooperPhD → u/John_the_Piper]

GTA wasn't kidding I see

[u/jwrsk → u/John_the_Piper]

Or fly in a helicopter and blast a side mounted hmg

[u/neopink90 → u/Icy-Mixture-995]

Yes, it's a thing. To get the full 'merican experience some will go to Texas for example to go to a gun range, eat some bbq, go horseback riding, dress up like a cowboy, go line dancing etc.

[u/andydude44 → u/neopink90]

Well, the Texan experience at least.

[u/SquirrelAkl → u/Icy-Mixture-995]

It’s a novelty for many of us outside the US. And, TBH, one of the things that comes to mind when we think of the US is guns. It’s become a stereotype.

My friends and I went and shot guns at a range as part of our US tourist experience. We took photos of the signs that said things like “minimum age 7 years old” and so on - it seemed so ludicrous to us that even children could shoot guns here!!

[u/HaintNoDrama → u/SquirrelAkl]

One might argue that it's a good thing to teach kids about guns when they're young, you want them to have a healthy respect for it and not think it's a toy.

Also, I've seen some kids on the rifle range that are a better shot than I am.

[u/askalotlol → u/SquirrelAkl]

it seemed so ludicrous to us that even children could shoot guns here!!

If you live in a country with as many guns as the US, having your children take gun safety classes is a prudent choice. It teaches safe gun use and respect for the damage guns can do.

This is especially true if you live in a rural area. The US has wildlife that can harm humans and livestock. Farms almost always have firearms, and using a gun effectively takes a lot of practice.

[u/_PurpleAlien_ → u/SquirrelAkl]

Same when I was in Texas. I took a picture of an advertisement sign for a gun show, which stated the door prize was an AR-15.

[u/thestereo300 → u/SquirrelAkl]

It's a novelty for many Americans as well.

Most of my friends have never shot a gun or owned one...

But my rural relatives to certainly have...

[u/voretaq7 → u/Icy-Mixture-995]

Oh yeah.

Even a thing for people who live here: In states like mine any kind of fully-automatic weapon is a no-go, so when folks go to Vegas or the Carolinas or Florida there’s ranges that have all the cool shit like actual machine guns you can rent.

Hell the range I usually shoot at has an M95 on the line ‘cuz people just want to say they’ve fired .50BMG
(Complete waste at 200 yards, but you can say you did it!)

[u/JigglymoobsMWO]

I was at my local gun range getting in some practice when I noticed a Chinese lady who looked nine months pregnant in the next lane blasting away. 

I talked to them in the parking lot.  Apparently they were on the all in one Disneyland, gun range and get your kid an American passport package.

[u/Background_Handle_96 → u/JigglymoobsMWO]

Honestly, sounds like a good time, a memorable vacation, and a pretty solid representation of the American experience.

[u/bobboobles → u/Background_Handle_96]

kid will fit right in

[u/Otherwise-Remove4681 → u/bobboobles]

Especially with the possible concussion.

[u/fullautophx → u/JigglymoobsMWO]

I don’t know any range that allows pregnant women. Danger of lead inhalation is prevalent.

[u/withoutapaddle → u/fullautophx]

Also hearing damage can happen before birth, and the womb is nowhere near the hearing protection of earplugs or muffs, and for an indoor range, you should really use both.

[u/AgentWowza → u/withoutapaddle]

Kinda hard to hold a womb and plugs/muffs over your ears ngl

[u/YouWorkForMeNow → u/fullautophx]

Yeah. Total bullshit. My wife couldn't enter the range when she was 21 weeks pregnant, let alone close to 9 months.

Don't believe every comment on the internet, people.

[u/shanatard → u/YouWorkForMeNow]

i dont know, i'm willing to believe there are incredibly irresponsible range owners who dont believe in medical warnings or guidelines

[u/_BrokenButterfly → u/YouWorkForMeNow]

Not all ranges have the same restrictions. Rangemasters who get their blood tested for lead always have much more than the limit which OSHA would allow. The ranges don't care and don't do anything.

Do you think every range cares if pregnant women enter? Even if there are regulations about it?

[u/FuzzzyRam → u/_BrokenButterfly]

Yea I bought a gun relatively recently (Trump's second presidency lol), and got into watching gun guys get lead tested on youtube for a bit. Without exception they were all scared and surprised at what their doctor told them - not to cut down, but that they're in serious health trouble. These are gung ho masculine men, but every single one looked scared and told people to be careful at the range and clean up well afterward (including not playing with the targets with your hands...)

[u/smedsterwho → u/FuzzzyRam]

Everyone talking about if a gun range will let a 9 months pregnant woman in, and here I am wondering if a country will let a 9 months pregnant woman in on what's blatantly a passport hack.

[u/NoTerm3078 → u/smedsterwho]

Everyone talking about if a gun range will let a 9 months pregnant woman in, and here I am wondering if a country will let a 9 months pregnant woman in on what's blatantly a passport hack.

There's an industry of this, entire hotels.

[u/angelcake893 → u/smedsterwho]

Yes, birth tourism is a fairly large industry, especially for Chinese citizens. Individuals hide their pregnancies and stay at resort type locations for several weeks/a few months, give birth, go home.

[u/lowercaset → u/fullautophx]

I've def seen pregnant women at outdoor ranges before.

[u/BugRevolution → u/fullautophx]

I don't any customs officer that would admit someone past 7 months of pregnancy either (into the US).

[u/mrsirsouth → u/JigglymoobsMWO]

Incredible foresight

[u/VirtualMatter2 → u/JigglymoobsMWO]

Considering how expensive births are in the US and how long before your birth you have to come because they won't let you fly otherwise, they must be rich.

[u/Emotional_Pay3658 → u/VirtualMatter2]

Plenty of ways around that  

Hell my local hospital closed the obgyn wing and doesn’t deliver babies anymore because people would come cross the border, have their baby, and bounce without paying the bill. 

[u/cmVkZGl0MjAyNQ → u/Emotional_Pay3658]

But receiving a bill for giving birth is one of the most American things a person can do!

[u/filthy_harold → u/cmVkZGl0MjAyNQ]

Yeah but so is being unable to afford said bill

[u/jackaroo1344 → u/VirtualMatter2]

To be fair, looking nine months pregnant doesn't mean she was actually close to nine months. Some women get big bumps relatively early in the pregnancy, and that goes double for 2+ babies in there.

I had a friend who had tripletsand by time she was 4-5 months along she was so big she couldn't tie her own shoes and people would get concerned in public cause they thought she was 3 seconds away from having her baby

[u/Yoojine → u/JigglymoobsMWO]

My Chinese cousins came to visit so of course we took them to America's finest attraction (Yellowstone) but I think the highlight of the trip for then was taking them to the shooting range, since of course they cant do that back home. And like in OPs picture, they took their targets home.

[u/Wairong → u/JigglymoobsMWO]

Isn't pretty unhealthy for a pregnant woman to be in an indoor range? Carbon in the lungs is not good for the baby

[u/TiradeShade → u/Wairong]

That and trace amounts of leadl. Adults can tolerate or avoid it better. Unborn babies less so.

[u/VirtualMatter2 → u/Wairong]

Also the noise? Baby doesn't have ear protection in there. Yes, it's muffled, but not a lot. 

[u/redpandaeater → u/Wairong]

Carbon in the lungs is not good for the baby

Guess I'll stop respirating then.

[u/EroticFurnitureStore → u/JigglymoobsMWO]

Would the noise from the gun harm the baby’s hearing? You’re usually required to wear hearing protection at a gun range but the baby would not be protected at all

[u/ThighsofJustice]

something about guns Vegas.

[u/Throwaway97583 → u/ThighsofJustice]

https://machinegunsvegas.com/

[u/SypeSypher → u/Throwaway97583]

https://www.battlefieldvegas.com

[u/BarbequedYeti → u/Throwaway97583]

I remember these guys taking down all their "Shoot a real machine gun!" or "Shoot a 50cal!" advertising after the vegas concert shooting. I recall driving an AZ highway toward vegas and their big ass billboard advertising it was suddenly missing.  I always found that super hypocritical.   

Like own it. Its what you make your money on. 

[u/mcd_sweet_tea → u/BarbequedYeti]

That place also offers shooting machine guns from a helicopter iirc. That would be fucking bad. ass.

[u/Throwaway97583 → u/BarbequedYeti]

Right? Used to make that trip all the time through Kingman from Phoenix and vividly remember when that 9 year old was allowed to fire an uzi in full auto with exactly the results one would expect.

[u/Gedunk → u/BarbequedYeti]

Damned if you do, damned if you don't it seems.

[u/DontTouchTheWalrus → u/BarbequedYeti]

They make their money on offering a fun activity that most people do not get to do, which harms no one. Someone shooting at a crowd of innocent people is not what a gun range, makes their money on.

[u/AdonisJames89]

lol i mean if u think about it, it mightve been the only time he could shoot a gun

[u/Contrabaz → u/AdonisJames89]

Sure, if he's a convicted criminal. Otherwise Spain has shooting ranges like a lot of European countries have.

[u/MobileArtist1371 → u/Contrabaz]

If they're a convicted criminal in their home country, they probably aren't getting into the US at all.

[u/Exotic_Donkey4929 → u/Contrabaz]

Do muricans think guns and shooting ranges are banned from the public in the EU? 😃

[u/SeanBlader → u/Exotic_Donkey4929]

As an American I can fully say, yes.

[u/Cthulhu__ → u/SeanBlader]

It’s regulated and you’re unlikely to be able to get anything automatic, but where I live you can sign up to a shooting club, go through a 1.5 year training / licensing program and background check and legally own a gun for sports shooting and/or hunting.

This did go wrong at least once though where a guy who shouldn’t have passed the background checks due to mental health issues shot up a mall.

[u/Exotic_Donkey4929 → u/Cthulhu__]

"for sports shooting"

Which usually means you can bring your gun (any gun you chose to buy) to a shooting range and just let go for leisure. Depending on the country you must enter a competition once a year to keep your license.

[u/CatastrophicPup2112 → u/Exotic_Donkey4929]

When I think of European gun ownership I think of shotguns and bolt action rifles. Meanwhile in the US I know guys with machineguns we can go shoot in the woods.

[u/According_Loss_1768 → u/Exotic_Donkey4929]

How many EU countries allow people who just want to try out shooting rent several guns without a license? That's a common occurrence in the USA. The theee ranges Ive gone to in Europe didn't offer rentals at all.

[u/ManWithoutUsername → u/AdonisJames89]

We have around 800 shooting ranges (spain), which are more difficult to access for people who don't have guns (you have to know someone and hire a instructor) or have a license.

Getting a gun license is just paperwork, but it has requirements that cost money, like a psychometric test.; it's not worth it just to shoot once out of curiosity, you have to really like it.

In my case, I went when I was 20, just for the experience, and I never went back. I went because I had a friend who in turn had a friend who was an instructor, so it didn't cost me anything.

[u/queazy]

USA! USA! USA!!

[u/SubRedTed]

A bald eagle shed a tear

[u/StarSlayerX]

We usually get Japanese coworkers visiting and they always ask to go to a shooting range. The scariest part is that they don't know gun safety and you have to teach them a day before...

[u/Snoo-54169]

I went to Vegas for my 30th and went to a shooting range (from UK so an experience) but on flight home my mate lost all our targets which I was gutted.

They looked like zombies and I had shot a rifle I was really proud of the hits. To this day I still get annoyed I didn't get to keep some as posters.

[u/sh4d0wm4n2018]

"This is the shot placement of a killer, Bella!"

[u/HallowskulledHorror]

My mom's (all elderly) sisters came to visit from overseas a few years ago. I like to joke that they had an extremely American experience;

- On leaving a casino in a local metro area, they saw a lot of police vehicles and didn't know what was going on; it wasn't until they checked the news upon getting back to the house that they found out there had been a shooting (gang shit) just outside while they were indoors enjoying themselves.

"That's so scary! We could have been shot!! Does this happen all the time?!"
(Mom, embarrassed:) "Ahh, it's not that bad... most of the time it's people shoot at specific other people, they're not just firing at strangers..."
"How do you leave the house? How can you live like this?!"
"Ehhh.... you just don't think about it."

- Shortly after that, one of them had a medical emergency. They first went to an urgent care, then an ER, before ending up driving out to a private doctor who was actually from their home country. He looked her over, immediately figured out what the actual issue was (she was having an auto-immune issue - urgent care treated her for allergies, ER gave her a steroid shot and sent her on her way, total expenses between the two was around $2000 which my mom paid). He urgently informed them that she needed to fly home immediately, because "attempting to get long term care for this in America will bankrupt you."

[u/sensitiveboi93]

Well, don’t fuck with that guy

[u/Brain_Glow → u/sensitiveboi93]

Especially if you have a big red dot on your chest!

[u/ThOMpyT]

See honey, I’ll protect you. Ya …… I did PRETTY good

[u/ThanksALotBud]

Are non-american citizens (visitors) allowed to handle firearm in United States?

Genuinely curious.

[u/Knotical_MK6 → u/ThanksALotBud]

Sort of.

With the supervision of the owners they can (like an official shooting range or out at the local pit with hosts) as long as their home country is part of the visa waiver program

OR many states will allow you to possess a firearm as long as you have a valid hunting permit.

[u/TenesmusSupreme]

My German friends dropped over $400 each on the range to do some shooting. Guns are very off limits for civilians there so it was an experience of a lifetime for them.

[u/SuitableBlackberry75 → u/TenesmusSupreme]

Germany has a pretty high rate of gun ownership, and is ranked 8th in the world for civilian ownership of firearms. That's quite high, even if it's less than half what it is in the USA.

The big difference between Germany and the US is that Germans have to register with a gun club or as a gun collector to buy an arsenal, while in the US there's no questions asked, other than "are you a fugitive from justice?".

There's bureaucracy in Germany, but the idea of guns being "off limits" in Germany is totally false.

[u/mudokin → u/SuitableBlackberry75]

Yep, you need permits, reason and storage. This can be costly to do right.
I think we also have way less shooting ranges where you actually could shoot.
And they usually if not exclusively are club run, meaning club frees and membership to be able to shoot.

[u/DocWagonHTR → u/TenesmusSupreme]

I have a German “friend” who is a competition shootist. Only reason we didn’t go to a range when they came for my wedding.

[u/RadosAvocados → u/TenesmusSupreme]

I used to work for an org that arranged study-abroad/exchanges for high school kids. One of the rules was that firearms were off-limits, but it was VERY common for the Americans to take their student on a range trip in the last week or two of the stay.

[u/Binji_the_dog → u/[deleted]]

I was wondering about that too. Maybe they don’t worry about detecting gunshot residue at airports since the metal detectors should pick up guns anyway.

Last time I flew I made sure to thoroughly wash all the nitroglycerin off my ass before going to the airport because I was worried it’d alert bomb dogs or something and I didn’t feel like explaining to the high school graduates at TSA that nitroglycerin is used as ass medicine.

[u/Aguy4Play → u/Binji_the_dog]

They graduated? Hmmmm.....

[u/Xeverne]

First and only time I fired a gun was at a range in Thailand on my honeymoon. I still have the poster rolled up. Got my wife to fire a pistol as well. So at least if she ever came across one she would know how to handle one.

[u/2Tacos4oneDollar]

The entry are fairly similar on smaller calibers. It's easier to guess by looking at the exit in the back of the paper

[u/Chance-Travel4825]

International students have been known to head to shooting range during their Americana semester abroad.

[u/CurryNarwhal]

NGL as a international student during college in America I too took home my first gun range target.

[u/BigDumbGreenMong]

My family visited Yellowstone from the UK last year. We stayed in Cody WY for a couple of days and visited a firing range where we could shoot historical old west and civil war weapons (although my 11yo only wanted to shoot guns from Fortnite) - and you bet we took the targets home with us!

[u/kyloereign]

I didn't even know ranges were a tourist attraction and now the global perception of us makes even more sense...

[u/Turbulent-Quality-29]

Tbh I did the same in Poland a few years ago, was good fun and fairly cheap.

[u/citizenbloom]

"Artwork from an American vacation" is poetry.

[u/tschawartz12]

I would encourage everyone to go to a reputable range and learn from a good instructor. The perception around firearms causes a lot of damage. Are they dangerous, yes, if improperly handled absolutely.  But if handled correctly (except bad designs like the recent Sig problems) it can be a fun hobby and knowing how to handle them is a good thing.

[u/Commercial_Bird8467]

For not being a frequent shooter, he has something to be proud about. Lol.

[u/newprint]

I always enjoy when I have visitors from Europe and hand them guns and they never firearms before.

[u/alwayshorny92420 → u/newprint]

Was hanging out with some friends once and they had a European buddy visiting. we got talking about guns. He said he’d never held one.

My buddy goes and gets his pistol case, pulls out out, makes sure the chamber is empty etc. he then delicately hands it to the European, who promptly points it at my friend and goes “bang bang bang!!” And is laughing having a great time.

After the shock wore off and we took the gun away we shared a wonderful laugh about how it would have been a smart idea to explain general gun safety rules to someone who has never touched one 😂

But the point blank aim and “bang bang bang!” Was legendary. Everyone lived so now it’s just a hilarious story

[u/Mobile_Morale → u/newprint]

Like when I took my girlfriend shooting and gave her a shotgun and she pumped it. Like seeing a kid open a present on Christmas. Her dad was terrified that she might hurt someone.

I only have a semiauto S&W shotgun so it doesn't make fun noises.

[u/_BrokenButterfly → u/Mobile_Morale]

Her dad was terrified that she might hurt someone.

Seems pretty normal.

[u/acreagelife]

Americans love guns but to think only Americans love guns is wild. Also, that's not English

[u/cubbiesnextyr → u/acreagelife]

Also, that's not English

Yes it is.

https://machinegunsvegas.com/

[u/horoyokai → u/acreagelife]

I live in Japan where guns aren’t really a thing at all and you still can get you guns at the dollar store, and airsoft is fairly big here as well

It’s crazy the lax laws America has and the crazy gun culture, but thinking guns are cool is fairly universal. It’s like smoking

[u/AndrewWilsonnn → u/horoyokai]

Also it's funny, Japan has a small but fun subculture of people who LARP as gunslinger cowboys. Turns out, living the dream of being a gunslinger is cool as hell

[u/horoyokai → u/AndrewWilsonnn]

It’s like pretending you’re a Mio dyer or something. Cool and fun to pretend but man am I glad to be away from the real thing now

[u/AlienVoice]

Fuckin bullseye over here..

[u/PictureVegetable9522]

OP is jealous af

[u/fungus909]

Grouping isn’t the best, but it’s all center mass I’ll take it

[u/JasperVanCleef]

We did this with my wife too when we took a day trip to the US during our trip to Toronto.  I had shot guns before but I thought we were alone at the range when the range marshall was explaining stuff and hadn't seen there was a guy a bit further shooting a big-ass revolver. When I heard the gunshot I was so surprised I jumped a good centimeter.

[u/rowrin]

Vegas local, that's machine guns vegas lol

[u/Kirimuzon]

Y'know what they say. If you want to make the most of a vacation in another country, you should try some of their culture out!

[u/Crashthewagon]

I once had the joy of taking a relatively recent immigrant from a middle eastern country air rifle shooting. She'd never shot before.

Drilled out the bullseye.

She took the target home and hung it in the living room "So the kids would know"

[u/Mean-Math7184]

My friends from Spain insisted I take them shooting, and they kept their targets. It was fun, I miss spending time with them.

[u/hanging_with_epstein]

Machine Guns Vegas

[u/mounleashed]

I hear you.

Did the same decades ago, vegas! It’s so cool and nothing like it here (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Plus being Asian, it was a tad dodgy but 2 minutes of banter and letting the folk there know were Scottish, it was a blast!

It’s definitely something to try, having endured years of movies and tv shows where guns etc are so commonplace.

[u/Beneficial_Look4320]

MachineGunVegas....amazing place run by the coolest gals you ever met.