And this reminds me of where I grew up.

Now some rifle nerdery.

The girl on the left has probably never fired or even held a rifle before. The girl on the right probably has.

The left weapon is an AR-15. There is no magazine, though it can hold one in the chamber like that. The one on the right is probably a Remington 770.

I have fired both weapons. The Remington 770 was in .30-06. It is a great rifle. The AR-15 is not that bad, but by comparison is a piece of crap though they are intended for different purposes.

I like bolt-action rifles, which the Remington is. If I cared about hunting — which I do not — I’d buy one much like that. It’s cheap so if you break it, no big deal, and it’s accurate out to about 500 yards.

If you need to shoot something more distant than that and can actually hit it — well, I’m impressed.