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| - It was not a typical birthday. Most people want to go clubbing, barhopping, or whatnot. I mean, it's Vegas - what else is there to do?
Apparently, boys in Vegas would rather go play Real Life: Grand Theft Auto - just minus the cars and the ho's, of course.
Six of us stepped into a shabby looking concrete building and.. whoa mama! My eyes were overwhelmed by the sight of rows and rows of guns and bullets and targets and earmuffs and goggles and people and... It was like some heavy duty artillery. Unlike other shooting ranges I've been to, the inside was fairly clean and well-lit, with workers dressed like cop-strippers (strippers dressed like cops, I suppose) milling about pointing things out to excited customers.
I'm not a gun aficionado, so I can't really tell you WHY this place was so popular, except the boys did mention something about semi-autos being legal in Nevada. I guess they just wanted to play Shoot 'Em Up.
At first, I was game for shooting a couple rounds. Then I found out how much it cost. I don't remember the exact price grid, but based on my calculations, I would spend $50 to shoot for, oh.. I dunno... five seconds.
No thanks! I'll keep my money in my pockets and you can keep your bullets in your cases.
I did go in (with my muffs and goggles on, of course) to the actual indoor range to watch the boys shoot. And just as I predicted, they were done in about 2 minutes, and that's INCLUDING all the instructional time.
Apparently, they all got some crazy thrill. On my end, I just had a headache from the rapid-fire rat-tat-tat-tat-tat that blasted through my earmuffs. *rubbing forehead*
I wouldn't ever pay for it myself, but I did have fun tagging along. Plus, I got to hold the guns and take pictures! Fun times. ^^
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