As a follow up to the earlier story, after the Brits left here they went on to Vegas while my brother stayed here and visited other family and friends. They (Brits) then flew back to the UK and upon my brothers return back home to the UK he got together with them and they told him that they enjoyed the range trip as much as their trip to Vegas! Imagine that, a bunch of 30yo or so single guys from another country go to Vegas and equate the Vegas trip to a 3 hour trip to the range! Man, we got it good I tell ya!
What brought this recollection back to me was that I`d gone to a gun show this past weekend and picked up a PC 9 carbine and as I was browsing all the tables, I thought about those Brits and how they`d have reacted to actually being able to walk into such a place, pay for what you want and go home. It seems that some firearms are legal in the UK but very highly restricted, very expensive and very hard to get. I also believe that you can`t take them home with you and they have to be left at the "shooting club". I picked that much up from them but they weren`t sure of any specifics because of all the hassles associated with firearms in the UK. I haven`t researched the laws in the UK as they pertain to firearms so I`m no authority on the subject.
If there`s any takeaway from this story it`s that I thank God that I`m a US citizen and that we do have the right to keep and bear arms. I may have taken this for granted when I was younger, or figured that this right would always be there for us but these guys made me realize that these freedoms can be taken from us if we aren`t vigilant enough. So let`s stay vigilant and enjoy what we have.
Fortunately for their wallet they did not discover Battlefield Vegas. Disney world for firing all sorts of forbidden toys.