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World's Largest Machine Gun Shootout
West Point, Kentucky

Tracer fire lights up the night sky in West Point, Kentucky, in this photo taken in October 2008.

Some 30,000 men, women, and children gather here every year to take part in the "nation's largest machine gun shoot." Organizers from a local gun range enforce strict safety precautions to avoid injuries.

"You can rent any machine gun ever made," said photographer and National Geographic Young Explorer Ross McDermott, who has captured many local festivals around the United States.

"The noise is thundering. Everyone wears ear protectionall weekend long."
—Photograph by Ross McDermott
 

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