AK-47
Thursday, May 24th, 2007I have been living in Texas for 10 years and was never part of the “gun culture” here. Well, part of the reason is that I have always favored tighter gun control laws. On the other hand, I realize that the Texas gun law is not going to change any time soon, and the best outcome from the current law is for lawful citizens to learn how to use a gun — to fend off the bad guys when needed. Oh well, when in Rome …
So, I went out to the shooting range with my colleague Thomas Cameron today to play with his AK-47 and AR-15 (a.k.a M-16 in US Army) assault rifles — they are basically the guns we see every day in Iraqi news (the bad guys use AK-47 while the good ones use M-16). I fired more than 100 rounds on both guns.
Turns out that my AK-47 score is not too bad — all 30 rounds in the magazine are accounted for on this target — of course, I did hang the target fairly close so that I can point and shoot. 
Did I enjoy this? You bet I did! Firing a loud, powerful weapon is a great stress reliever (for a guy anyway!), and the shooting range is probably the safest place to fire a gun. I will probably do it again when I have a chance, although I am not going to bring home an AK-47 any time soon.