My sister celebrated a birthday in June and instead of the traditional “get what you want on Amazon”, she requested an experience at a gun range.

There’s a significant difference between handling and renting firearms in a controlled environment - with trained professionals guiding you, versus actually owning firearms and having them in your house. The one place we visited was ReloaderzNJ in Wayne, NJ. There’s a hefty amount of responsibility and liability in the ownership and safe storage of firearms.

So, I do like the idea of being able to survive in a zombie apocalypse (I mean the theory of firearms are totally exercised in video games like BlackOps and Advanced Warfare), but after experiencing actually firing one - now I completely understand the gravitas of it and have a little insight into how dangerous it could be in the hands of “unstable” and unsavory individuals.