NRA releases Practice Range game on iOS

by Andrew Yoon, Jan 14, 2013 3:00pm PST

Related Topics – iOS, MEDL Mobile, NRA

The National Rifle Association has released a new game for iDevices today called NRA: Practice Range. The free app provides rudimentary target practice, enabling players to virtually shoot 9 firearms across 3 shooting ranges. Practice Range offers both analog and gyroscope controls for their weapons.

In addition to the virtual shooting range, the NRA app also offers safety tips on gun handling, and is updated with news and legislation updates pertinent to NRA enthusiasts.

The release of Practice Range has attracted some criticism, especially as its release comes less than a month since NRA VP Wayne LaPierre pointed to video games as partly responsible for the gun violence in the country. Others are critical of the game's target age group of 4 and above.

While LaPierre insinuated homebrew Flash games like Kindergarten Killer are corrupting the minds of American youth, today's release of Practice Range shows that video games of all types can be created and distributed freely over the web.

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- AMERICA FUCK YEAH : posito
- Wow, they couldn't have timed it better. : Fred Garvin
- I sort of get the feeling the terms of the contract with the developer had a "if this doesn't ship, you d... : Home Nugget
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  5 min review: control is terrible and for some reason the frame rate is shit even though it's an FPS wher... : smax
  - I'll choose to read that as 11 % 10 = 1. : atomx_xmota
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    So... it's like every other iPhone "free" advergame with in-app purchasing? : the archvile
    - You have to try and find high capacity magazines before they are all sold out. : jdcope
- Fuck this stupid shit, Im not even sure why you guys are linking to the app : et72
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  Further proof the NRA is a sad sack of shit. Great timing losers. : Hilux SSRG
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    Why is the NRA a sad sack of shit? Did I miss something? : TickHeadDog
    - His parents never let him play Duck Hunt when he was growing up. His disappointment eventually developed... : capt tripps
- lol : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Timing, whatever. There never would have been a "good" time for this for anyone who's against guns so if... : boarder2
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    No, timing is a pretty big deal here. This is a casual game released at the height of public fear and un : atomx_xmota
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      Its only a big deal if people make it a big deal. I would agree that it would be fairly distasteful i... : boarder2
      
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      Then why not postpone the release until the shitstorm blew over? They only have themselves to blame for t... : GreggD
      
      Because the shitstorm will take months to "blow over" and they do want to get word out that guns are safe... : boarder2
  - there would be a better time than now, however. exactly one month after the shootings. if this came out... : EvilDolemite
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  so you guys really don't see the difference between a "shooting sports" app and a "kill everything that m... : malloc
  - Because guns : boarder2
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    I know I'm an odd one, but honestly, this game makes me a bit uneasy for not wholly understood reasons. ... : atomx_xmota
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      So this is off-color too then, right? https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/contract-killer/id406351386?mt=8 : boarder2
      
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      Yeah, I'd say that is. : atomx_xmota
      
      Alrighty then. : boarder2
      
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      But, that's my off-handed feeling without playing the game or caring enough to read a review. In contras... : atomx_xmota
      
      * the Hitman games. Not "any and all hitman games," of which this would be included. : atomx_xmota
      
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      Ugh. I just read some more about "Contract Killer" and I'm feeling a bit disgusted. "Target your Face : atomx_xmota
      
      https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/brothers-in-arms-2-global/id440176142?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/a... : boarder2
  - If you're saying that hard core pornography played a role in the shooting deaths of 20 children, more so ... : (mojo)
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    In that context, I think Receiver does a far better job. http://www.wolfire.com/receiver
    
    It's $5, it's DRM-free, it only has robot turrets and hover bots as enemies, and it shows all the mechanics of each gun. Also, it makes you use the iron sights to aim (which the NRA app doesn't do).
    
    Jan 14, 2013 8:17pm PST
    
    In that context, I think Receiver does a far better job. http://www.wolfire.com/receiver It's $5, it'... : the archvile
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  App is terrible. Also worth noting the game has you shooting at human shaped targets (repeatedly) in an i... : thecatinthehat
  - That's not worth noting at all : boarder2
- I have a custom level in mind for this : Magus
- don't care unless there are hats : Downforce
- Did no one else have rifle shooting with .22's at their summer camp when they were a kid? : deadhorse

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