Combat City USA: Florida Gun Range Lets Customers Shoot Each Other

Posted: November 15, 2012

A Florida gun range called Combat City USA has taken the idea of target practice to a completely different level and is now allowing customers to shoot real guns at each other in simulated combat.

But don?t worry, you can?t be killed by the guns (at least not how they allow them) because they have been modified into airsoft guns, reports Yahoo! News. Owner Dave Kaplan stated:

?A revolver would work the same, semi auto, the action actually cycles. There?s full recoils with the weapon. The assault weapon fully cycles.?

While the airsoft pellets won?t inflict serious harm, they do hurt. A user on the Combat City website explains:

?There is a degree of pain associated with airsoft just like paintball. It is significantly less than paintball and without the swelling.?

For added safety during the simulated combat, participants are outfitted with protective gear including helmets and padding over sensitive areas. Kaplan explained:

?There is supposed to be a degree of pain so that you do learn from it. Someone?s trying to hurt you. You learn how tactical as a civilian you can be.?

NBC Sports notes that Tiffany Chapin, a single mom, believes the real-life scenarios she creates at the gun range are the best way for women to learn how to defend themselves. Chapin teaches classes specifically for women who want to learn self-defense. Kaplan stated of the women, ?Most of the time, they feel a little bit uneasy, nervous. I think it helps to have a female instructor.?

Combat City was created in the space that was once occupied by a grocery store. It has been modified to become an indoor combat setting. Customers are broken up into teams and play games like capture the flag or participate in hostage simulations. As for age limit? The company?s website says, ?all ages are welcome.? They add:

?We can not tell you what you or your child can handle. There are young kids playing at Combat City on a daily basis, only you can decide.?

While each scenario at Combat City lasts between 10 minutes and an hour, customers are allowed to stay the entire day. The cost to get into the firing range is $150, which includes the cost of modifying the gun.

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