Categories: It Happened to Me

You Know You’ve Landed in Vegas When…

…the first ad you see has the headline “Shoot a real machine gun” at The Gun Store. It says that you can try out MP5s, Uzis, Thompsons, MP40s, AK-47s, Stens, M-16s, “grease guns” and M249 SAWs:


Click the image to see the ad at full size.

Joey deVilla

View Comments

  • Sadly this was the first thing I did when I went to Vegas last year. It was fun. Being a regular Canadian I had never even held a real gun before.

  • A bunch of firends and I went a few years ago and we had a great time. A buddy only had traveler's checks, he had left cash at the hotel and asked if they would take them.

    The old grizzled clerk said "God Bless America, this is Las Vegas son, if it's money we'll take it!"

    I think the Sten from WW2 was the most fun to fire.

  • Tom says Maybe it's me, but the blonde looks like a guy.

    Well, post your picture online and we'll compare the two. If your picture looks like a blonde then it's you...

Recent Posts

Let the ritual humilation begin!

There’s a good chance you’ve seen this photo by now: Pictured seated from left to…

17 hours ago

Sunday picdump for November 17, 2024

Here’s a collection of interesting memes, pictures, an cartoons floating around the internet that I…

2 days ago

U.S. post-election post #7: Don’t worry, it’ll trickle down…

Tap to see the source. This is yesterday’s daily New Yorker cartoon, created by Brendan…

1 week ago

U.S. post-election post #6: One key election is still undecided…

C’mon, let it not be Asians this time. Last time was pretty bad. Here’s the…

1 week ago

U.S. post-election post #5: Come bend the arc with me!

Jon Stewart’s right, and we’ve been here before. Where we are now, I’ve been before…

1 week ago