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As ridiculous as it sounds: Hunting.
But it gets expensive fast, I would need a lot of rifle practice, and most hunters I know are pretty rough people.
The combination of all that makes entering the hobby fairly undesirable.
In the UK you also need permission from the wealthy to do it on their land.
Same in the US unfortunately. The few public lands that you're allowed to hunt in are overhunted
We have so many deer they cause problem, grey squirrels resulted in the native reds being almost driven to extinction. But normal people can't just go and eat them.
If it was a safety concern with guns, what about how hunting? No that is universally illegal because that is for poors.
My dad picked up bow and arrow hunting for a few years. He never snagged a deer, but I'm sure he spent a lot of pleasant time smoking weed in the woods with his buddies.
Obviously a lot of location factors are at play, but a crossbow is relatively inexpensive, has plenty of ability to humanely kill a deer (if that's your intended target), and the bolts and broadheads are recoverable.
Smaller game can be taken with a .22 or .25 cal air gun, which can be far more cost effective than a standard firearm, depending on if it is a spring, piston, or pre-charged pneumatic model. Side note, Lewis and Clark brought air rifles on their famous expedition.
Check your local hunting regs for legal options!
I had envisioned hunting deer but smaller game would be much more reasonable and easier to get into. I think I should look into that.
Awesome, hope you enjoy it!
You can get in the american army if you like killing so much