We get that gun culture isn't a thing here in Ireland - but this is genuinely weird.

An amusement park in Orlando, Florida is offering packages to children that will allow them to handle semi-automatic machine guns.

Machine Gun America offers customers a chance to fire off Tommy guns from the 1920's all the way up to modern weapons.

Kids as young as 13 will be able to pick up and fire these high-powered rifles, however the owners of the park say it's all done in a controlled environment.

"It's like any other attraction, it's just a little higher on the adrenaline scale," explained Machine Gun America's safety chief Wess Doss.

The amusement park has, not surprisingly, become inundated with bookings for the attraction - some of which are groups of youngsters.

 

via YouTube / Orlando Sentinel