Handwringers askeered of new Orlando attraction
Todd sends us a link to the Orlando’s WTSP about a new attraction opening tomorrow in Orlando called Machine Gun America;
The 13,000-square-foot facility sits directly across from Kissimmee’s Old Town attraction which is a nostalgic tourist mecca aimed at family fun. But instead of roller coasters and go carts, Machine Gun America offers live ammunition automatic weapons, including high-powered machine guns.
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Machine gun America is itself coming under fire from critics who say the Orlando region was built on a history of child and family-friendly entertainment, and is no place for this concept.
“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.”
Ya know what? If I was a parent and didn’t want my kids to go there and shoot weapons, I wouldn’t take them. I also wouldn’t go to the local news and lose my shit over something that has nothing to do with me or my kids. Ms. McBath (odd name for a stank-ass hippie, don’t you think?) should concern herself with what her children are doing instead of telling other people what to do with their kids. You know, given the name of her organization she should be applauding the “gun sense” this particular business is showing by providing a safe, supervised and secure environment for using guns.
But we all know that, to Ms. McBath, “gun sense” means “gun ban”. While she lives in Florida, she should be wearing a Kevlar helmet and body armor every time she leaves the house, so should her kids, if she has any of the unfortunate little things.
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They also have good bars and probably hookers. Also good for family fun but WTF, you also have Redneck families visiting the area and they are entitled to visit any attraction they want to. What is that crazy notion, personal freedom of choice?
I never did see the attraction of machine guns. I would much rather get the chance to fire a sniper rifle, than a machine gun.
Or a Bazooka…..do we even *have* bazookas any more….
/bazooki?
//yes, SMAW.
Full auto rock-n-roll is a rush, PN – especially with something that fires .30 cal or bigger. I’d hump a ruck to the range to do that again – bad knees and all. (smile)
I concur! Happiness is a warm machine gun and either a bunch of heavily perforated targets or an overseas battlefield littered with the corpses of my enemies!
I had the opportunity during a MFO rotation when I was a M60 gunner to rotate out the ammo. I fired 20,000 rounds in 2 days.
M60, 20k rounds, for fun (e.g., at the range to get rid of ammo)? You lucky bastard. (smile)
PN: If you happen to live in the Michigan/Indiana/Illinois area and 1,000 yards is good enough, something might be arranged …
Just my luck you live several states away (I’m in Montana). Thanks for the offer, though. If you ever get over to God’s Country, drop me a note through Jonn, and let me know you’re coming. There’s a 1000 yard range in Missoula I’ve been needing an excuse to go visit. 😀
I dunno PN, Missiles were my thing back in the day, but getting to fire ol’ Ma Deuce was a treat. The sound, the smell…
Heading for The Keys next week and if I’d seen this story earlier I’d have tried to talk The Wife into a side trip.
Happiness is a belt fed weapon.
Man card is revoked for the remander of the year, pal.
A wise man once told me that balance in nature is four ball, one tracer.
When the going gets tough the tough go cyclic.
Um, FatCircles . . . I don’t think PintoNag much cares about having her “man card” revoked. (smile)
“All places for family fun where they should feel protected.”
You have no right to “feel” safe, or protected. It’s all about “feelings” with these chuckleheads. If you don’t want your kids around machine guns, then don’t go into the place. This twit wants to pass on her irrational fear of guns to everyone else and dictate to the rest of us that because she’s a bed wetter, that no one can have anything that she is fearful of. Screw you, bitch.
“All places for family fun where they should feel protected.”
Blithering bleeding=heart-on-their-sleeve care-bear-huggy glitter-farting tinsel mouse Sparkle Ponies like her are ALWAYS bawling that they’re offended by something or another. She can go find someone that gives even a tiny smidgen of a damn (NOT ME!!) and have them call a *WAAAAAAHHH*mbulance to come give her a fresh peanut butter sandwich, some fresh Kool-Aid, and a group hug while the crew sings a few verses of “Kum-ba-yah”, I say SCREW HER and her ilk! I want to check that place out and burn some powder there when I visit Orlando!!
P.S. If they have an M60, HELL YEAH, GAME ON!!
Damn right! As long as I don’t have to clean it.
If you watch the video, reporter dude is clearly enjoying his chance on the firing line. Not good for Ms. McBath.
That looks like a fun place to visit. I’ve fired all the military full auto’s, but I’d love to shoot a Thompson and a Glock 18.
With Warren Zevon playing over the PA system.
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner! I could have fun with that, Mike.
Hell yeah, DITTO on the Thompson, but I still have a boner for the ‘ol “Pig”, the M60, which says “HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOTHERFUCKER!” to an enemy to the tune of 650 rounds per minute!! The M240 is a nice weapon, but I prefer the M60 even though it was a pain in the ass when it came to cleaning the upper feed tray!
“Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense” Who the hell came up with that name? Besides, those Moms are outnumbered by the other Moms, the ones who own guns.
Well another reason to go to the Orlando area! This is not that unusual. The first time I went to the Orlando area in 1999 there was a place just of I-4 that offered the same thing. I am from the Northeast so if going to shoot machine guns makes me a redneck, Guilty as charged.
News flash for Ms McBath and her kind: So why should I care about how you feel about anything? If you contribute to the mortgage here, then your opinion matters. Otherwise, not so much.
Now, whiny child, get out of the way so that the grown-ups can play with adult toys.
Meanwhile, there is a very long list of places I won’t pay money to enter, and even more that are free, but I still don’t want to be there. So, guess what, stupid – I don’t go there. Ya know, because that’s, like, how mature people handle it. Duh.
My first experience with full auto was back, way back. It was a Christmas present. Gosh, I loved it so. It was a Combat! (TV show) machine gun on a tripod. It made a great sound. You have no idea how many Krauts fell before that baby. And when we got hot and heavy, over on its side went the picnic table and the handle of a push broom or mop went through the center hole. That was our Big Gun.
How dare Americans legally enjoy their constitutional rights!
– libtard that hates freedom.
I don’t have a clue how I did it but I screwed up and qualified expert on the old Browning M1919 back in 1959. When I was told my score I was sweating blood for months that I’d be designated a machine gunner. Luckily I went into the 101st Combat MP’s and our MG’s were all pedestal mounted in the backs of Jeeps so I never had to hump one of those mothers.
The hardest thing about shooting a machine gun is developing the trigger discipline where you only squeeze off those three-round bursts. Human nature is to let that mother rip, especially when the adrenaline’s pumping.
These people always remind me of the C.S. Lewis quote:
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
Looks like Orlando just made the list of future vacation destinations!
Here’s something else to do in Orlando between shooting sessions: http://www.ripleys.com/orlando/
The guns are cool, but there’s other stuff as well. ;o)
It will be interesting to see if all the Brits and Canucks that hit the area in winter check this place out. Many Europeans seem to love the Wild West kind of shit, and most Brits younger than me have probably never seen a firearm.
Maybe all the yuppies in Celebration will check it out. Bound to be more fun than Old Town.
No M-60, no M-2, no AA-12, I’ll pass.