While I don’t expect or hope to ever need it, as an American, I would like to be prepared to resist as much as necessary if needed. It’s looking like it might be needed at some point here.
I’m looking to get a rifle or two for that specific purpose just in case. Can anyone recommend specific brands/models and/or features I should be looking for? I’m disabled in a way that limits my ability to hold anything heavy, so lighter weight is good. I have a revolver, but that’s probably not the best for standing up against a repressive regime.
I plan to train with whatever I get, of course. Thanks in advance.
Edit: There way too much information here for me to reply to it all individually, but I would like to say thank you to everyone for your very helpful responses.
If the range is not vigorously enforcing safety, you don’t want to be there regardless of politics. This is one of the reasons I mentioned RangeUSA. Both of the stores I’ve been to, there’s a range safety officer on the back line all the time, and they take their shit seriously. I was transferring loose rounds into an empty package “caddy” outside of the lane, and a guy stopped almost immediately to check that I wasn’t loading magazines. Another guy gave me shooting advice because he’d been watching what I was doing. And I’ve seen all sorts of people in there every time I’ve gone, both customers and employees.
Just like anywhere else, you’re not going to know unless you go in, or if you’re able to talk to people who already have. Google reviews can be helpful; I know there’s a couple of places in my area that I’m avoiding on that basis. Of course, you will probably have more luck finding a “clean, well-lighted place” in a populated area than in a rural one, but again, that goes for everything, not just shooting ranges.