Texas is the stereotypical answer, and while I do very much enjoy a lot of the freedoms that come with it here I do have a major complaint that takes the fun out of it for me I feel like at least.

There are next to none in terms of public land to go shoot on for free or low cost. No BLM land, no county public ranges where you have a basic 10 yard sight in and the only rules are dawn to dusk and don't do anything stupid because there's no RSO, but in other states these have a use. If you're broke you can at least go shoot at those for free.

Texas doesn't really have anywhere that you can go shoot for free, at least not to my knowledge. Something crazy high like 95-99% of the state is private owned land IIRC and the majority is people on their own private ranches or ag or whatever. Great for those with the money to do so, good for them, but for most locals like me it means there isn't much of places to go magdump into trash lol.

There are plenty of indoor ranges around, more in my region than I can shake a stick at, but they all usually run $20 an hour or more, bench shoot only, and are a good half hour drive away so it just isn't worth it. The other option is private membership gun clubs - these are actually open 24/7 usually and more hassle free, you can actually run drills in pits, no rapid fire fudd rules as long as you're responsible with it, but these are so few and in demand that they usually cost $1500+ a head every year and are usually a year or longer waitlist to join. Oh and those are an hour to two hours drive each way, like it would be maybe just an hour or two more to the range where Demo and Brandon go shoot if it was open to the public 😂

Because of this, I feel like it's a great state for the safe queens, the collectors, but not such a good state if you actually want to go shoot them without hassle. The collector part is cool, it's awesome that I can own handguns older than I am and builds that would probably be a no-no in New York (but only if you're a taxpaying citizen and not on your 10th PR bond out lol). But damn does it fucking blow that I realistically only go shoot recreationally at a bench maybe once a year. And for the side of me wanting to learn drills and start working toward getting my ass kicked at USPSA? Forget it, it's just not on the table here for most 9-5'ers in the city like me.

Alright I'll get off the soapbox now. Overall on paper it is a great state and only continuing in a better direction from a 2A standpoint, but that kind of space is where I think we still have a lot of ground to cover. I really wish we had a state program where it would easier for people to set up ranges on their rural land, maybe offer a grant for keeping it running or state run insurance (biggest killer of gun ranges here is the insurers and bankers telling them close it up or we will close on you) or something to encourage more low cost options to get more people trained, have TP&W or local PD run classes there to encourage locals to go shoot and learn what they need to learn for firearm safety and improve local security. But hey, I don't work in Austin so ☕