Hey yall the current insanity has finally pushed me into a place where I want to purchase a rife for self defense. Do any of you have access to a good guide on purchasing as well as any advice on finding a good firearms safety course/instruction?
EDIT: Wow! Thanks for the responses yall! A handgun wouldnt be ideal for a lot of reasons, and I wouldnt plan on carrying it around on my person anyway; I have pepper spray for that. I also dont plan on using it like in a home intruder situation, I mostly just want to be prepared if things really start to go sideways. I dont want to be the queer who is lead away to the camps without a fight, plus I have greatly enjoyed target shoting the few times I have done it. Mostly I am just looking for advice on what type of rife I should get and what is an affordable way to get it, I dont want to be taken advantage of.
It's very inconsistent and opaque. There are a few things that with definitely get you flagged, and a long list of things that may or may not get you flagged. Not only does it vary from state to state, but from institution to institution.
For instance, if you are declared mentally unfit by a court you will always be rejected by a background check if it isn't later expunged. If you are involuntarily committed it's a matter of if it was reported or not, and the state you were in when that happened. Some institutions will report based on what you were committed, some do it to everyone, some it's just a matter of if they remembered to do the paperwork. Sometimes people are rejected even though they were never committed, it's all over the place.