I hope he had all his background checks, licenses, fingerpring cards, etc. etc in order because we are a society dominated by laws, this is not the wild wild west where everybody who wants to pack a six-shooter, yada yada yada......and what about the real victim who was nearly assaulted by a madman defendin his neighbors and family ina pre-emptive manner. the evil of gun wielding members of society.
I said it here first
I forgot my /sarc tag.....sorry
This is Texas. What permits?
In fact, the only thing he might get in trouble over (and that would only be with his friends) is that he *didn't* hit his target - but he'll probably get away with explaining that he had an AK, which is about as accurate as a Nerf gun. His friends might still razz him about it, though.
Note that this was in Texas...