A lot of people fire fake guns playing video games. But now there's a way to use your computer to fire an actual gun and kill live animals.

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Linda Eggert Reports: Internet Hunting Live-Shot.com: See The Gun Should Wisconsin ban real-time hunting Web sites?

So-called "Internet hunting" has prompted a firestorm of controversy and a possible ban in Wisconsin.

If you've never heard about this it's hard to believe, but the Texas Web site, Live-Shot.com aims to collect money from hunters who hope to kill something big with a tiny mouse, reported News 3's Linda Eggert.

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Think you need a weapon to go hunting? Think again.

Inside a shed in Texas is a robotic 22-caliber rifle system people all over the world are tapping, literally.

The Web site Live-Shot.com lets computer users log on and start firing a remote rifle by clicking a mouse.

Right now, there are only targets to shoot, but starting next month you can hunt live animals. The first live hunt is set for April 9. For $300, you'll get control of a remote camera and rifle and be able to fire real-time bullets at non-native Texas animals, such as baraby, big horn sheep, antelope and wild hogs, on Lockwood's 200-acre fenced ranch.

Many Wisconsin hunters are outraged.

Rep. Scott Gunderson, R-Waterford, is trying to outlaw Internet hunting.

"When I first heard it, I just thought it was crazy. I mean, I just said, 'What are we doing allowing people to sit at their desk maybe 1,000 miles a way and you know, move your mouse to you know to shoot a deer?'"

Gunderson, an avid hunter, said Internet hunting violates the ethics of fair chase. He's drafted a bill to effectively ban it in Wisconsin.

"It would say that you have to be in physical possession of a firearm to be able to shoot an animal," Gunderson said.

Lockwood said he understands that people think his system is a little wacky, but he insists his Web site is useful -- for new hunters and for persons with disabilities, such as Dale Hagberg, 38, who is paralyzed.

Hagberg said he hopes to use his mouth to become only the second live shot user to kill a feral hog.

Lockwood vows to stay open as long as it's legal. But that may not be long. Maine has outlawed Internet hunting, and Gunderson predicts Texas will do the same probably by May.

Regardless of what other states do, Gunderson wants Wisconsin to ban Web sites like this.

There will be a public hearing next Wednesday.