Re: Defending against the government in the US
Another element of the "rural working class" is that an adequate rifle is a tool that can help feed the family. Hunting isn't just sport. I have heard a few myths around that, but you have some of the same thinking in England, around shotguns mostly, and my late father certainly had to do such stuff, even trying to line up for multiple rabbits with one shot from a 12-bore in the 1930s.
There's an ultra-short story called Nary Spell by Manly Wade Wellman that involves that sort of shooting.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
