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This Is Not Hollywood. Not Everyone Wins When They Visit Las Vegas.

As I had mentioned previously, when my niece was down a few weeks ago, I took her shooting for her first time. We started out with a mid-caliber revolver with a single round in the cylinder, this way if the recoil caught her by surprise, she wouldn't be a danger to herself or others around her. We did that a few times until I was confident she could handle the weapon safely, and then we loaded more than one round at a time. A while later we progressed to a semi-automatic pistol with a little more ooomph, we repeated the process, stepping back to one single round until I was again confident she could safely handle a fully loaded weapon. I say this not to toot my own horn, but to highlight the need for an abundance of safety during firearm instruction, especially to new shooters. Whether the student is 9, 19, or 59, the person teaching is 100% responsible for both the student's safety and their actions. Unfortunately, there was a recent instance where caution and safety were replaced stupidity and complacency; both of which kill far easier than firearms.

I would remind you that despite what CNN's Don Lemon says, automatic weapons have been heavily, heavily restricted since 1986. Owning one requires you to pass a six month long colonoscopy courtesy of you local friendly BATFE agent, and a metric shit ton of money since they are exceedingly scarce. One can not just wander onto Slickguns and browse through the fully automatic weapon, in fact if you go to Gunbroker there is currently ONE -- as in a single -- full transferrable automatic weapon for sale. And the opening bid is almost $30,000. Because of this, the only non-military owned automatic weapons are owned either by the police, or by rich folks with too much money. Usually what this means is they're owned by gun ranges who make money by renting them out to fan dumb Americans willing to pay an exorbitant amount of money for a 5 second adrenaline rush. Which is a great business model presuming its done safely, as was obviously not the case in Arizona. It would be like skipping the ride-on-top Tonka truck, skipping the Power Wheels jeep, skipping the training wheels, skipping the bicycle, skipping the go-cart, skipping the Geo Metro in a parking lot, and throwing her the keys to a brand new Corvette Z06 at Nurburgring and saying, "Okay kiddo, have fun." It would be just pure, unadulterated stupidity.

The real loser here is the girl who will most likely grow up thinking she killed the instructor, when in my opinion, he was killed by his own negligence. So hopefully one day when she gets older, she'll be able to understand the difference between physically pulling the trigger, and genuinely being responsible for pulling the trigger. She was essentially an unwilling party thrust into a situation, where through no real fault of her own, bad things were going to happen.

Anyway, on to more important stuff, and today we're going to focus on Treasure Island casino in Las Vegas. I'm pretty sure this photo was taken from The Venetian hotel, looking straight down one of Treasure Island's three legs, directly across the strip. But this second one I'm not so sure of. I suspect it's taken from Harrah's, especially given the heavy tint on the windows.

Evidently yesterday was National Dog day, and I didn't know it. And while this bird knew what was going on, it seems these dogs did not. Honestly, I think it's kind of a dumb idea for the simple reason, every day should be National Dog day. Don't wait until your beloved best friend is down to single digits left on his clock, go out and give him one of those days now, while he's still in the prime of his life and can really enjoy it.

You want to know how I know life is unfair? Easy. Jon Cryer is among TV's highest paid actors. You're welcome.

Sriracha has rightfully earned its cult following, but the story of this spicy sauce is a mystery to most fans. Dedicated to Sriracha lovers, this fast-paced 30 minute documentary travels around the globe to reveal its origin and the man behind the iconic “rooster sauce.” But if you don't have the time -- or the $3 -- to spare, here are 24 incredible facts and gifs lifted from the movie, explaining all about sriracha and their production process.

Matt Damon -- the very co-founder of Water.org -- was challenged by Jimmy Kimmel and Ben Affleck to take the ALSA Ice Bucket Challenge; his response sheds a positive light on two great causes.

At the second race of the MX5 Cup in Great Britain, driver James Rodgers was trying to pass driver Ben Short on the Hangar Straight at the Silverstone Circuit when Short pulled up next to him and pushes in his left sideview mirror. Some might call it an act of bad sportsmanship, but I think it's just one driver having a bit of fun with another. Either way it's a pretty slick, extremely awesome move.