Hello! I'm a Canadian citizen who has been working in Minnesota for almost 5 years and just received approval for permanent residency in the U.S. this week.
Prior to leaving Canada, I owned a handful of firearms ranging from a VZ-58 (one of the few semi-auto rifles not heavily regulated in Canada) to a 1911. Since moving to MN I've been drooling over the plethora of AR variant rifles and pistols available down here that were either banned (any sub-compact pistol) or heavily regulated (AR-15) "back home". Now that I'm legally able to own firearms here, I'm interested in making some purchases. But I'd like to try before I buy. I'd welcome any suggestions on gun ranges and shops to check out that have helpful and friendly staff (an inordinate number of shops back home had weird or unfriendly people staffing them and I had a similar experience here while "window shopping") and a decent selection of firearms available to rent.
I look forward to getting to know everyone!