Firearms, Range shooting and Airsoft?..

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I don't know how I missed this thread until now...

Anyway, re the Second Amendment, it is NOT a permission to own guns and form private militias. Rather, it forces the state to recognise these things as inalienable human rights, rights that exist regardless of whether the law of the land recognises them or not.

As for guns themselves, and at the risk of upsetting you mainlanders by mentioning this again, in Northern Ireland the laws are much more reasonable and you may own handguns (Glock 17s are popular), real semi automatic rifles (not as popular as handguns though), proper defensive shotguns, and... you can openly show them, although I don't know anyone who does. Well, a friend of mine brought his Glock with him when we were at church one evening, apparently he does it all the time. And something like one fifth of the population is legally armed, so with rural crime is the lowest in Europe, there may be a connection.