but this garbage that they violently cut loose is insane.

I'm starting to think you non-americans are just unaware of what America is like. Nothing I said is abnormal for an American. Going Skeetshooting, going to the range, etc are all normal activities that millions of Americans do regularly. If you own a gun and don't practice with it then that's just irresponsible. Not a single thing I said is illegal to do, or violent. That is just your own fantasy. And the idea that your going to do a "national peaceful shutdown" and that's not going to be met with mass violence, at which point you will need the people who weren't so naive to come protect you, is hilarious btw.