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A machine gun tourist attraction in Orlando lets children as young as 13 military-grade firearms at targets of Osama Bin Laden.

At Machine Gun America in Florida, USA, gun lovers are given full access to an arsenal of high calibre automatic weapons.

And for £66 and up, customers can spray submachine gun bullets at target posters of the al-Qaeda leader.

Even visitors with no prior weapons training are handed heavy weaponry such as the MP5, M4, and the Glock 17 to destroy targets.

Director of safety and training at the facility, Wes Doss, 50, said: “The experience here is right up there with what you would find on a thrill junkie’s bucket list.

“We’ve had a large number of UK families coming in to shoot as well as tourists from Brazil and Finland.

“Machine Gun America has a tremendous amount of potential - I believe it’s popularity is going to come from that natural curiosity that everyone has towards firearms.”

And one of the largest demographics frequenting Machine Gun America is young women.

Wes said: “The Diva package is probably one of the more popular packages.

“It’s designed for people, mainly women, who are not really comfortable with firearms yet.

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“It includes some lighter recoiling firearms - one of the more dynamic firearms included in the package is a Heckler and Koch MP5.

“It’s a legendary sub machine gun that’s been used by counter-terrorist forces and in motion pictures since the day it was created.”

Each visitor is paired up with a Range Safety Officer, who goes through intensive training before assisting visitors with the firearms.

Wes said: “They’re not just trained in house, but also NRA certified.

“The officer immediately communicates with the client to find out what their experience is and what their comfort level is.

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“Then they integrate them into a firearm that isn’t going to scare them and won’t be a shock to shoot.

However, anti-gun advocates say the extreme shooting range, located six miles away from Disney World, does not fit in with other family-friendly tourist attractions in Orlando.

John Webster, 21, from Tampa, Florida, USA visited the range with his two friends.

He said: “My heart was pumping - I never fired a gun like that in my life.

“To feel so much power was just exhilarating - pulling the trigger and having your whole body shake, there’s nothing like it.”