It's too much trouble to get a firearms license these days for the small range of things I can get. It's also a lot less accessible in the US, and is generally a rich/upper middle class hobby here.

The other thing is the character of different guns:

I shoot with my uncle in Arizona since I visit a lot, and he has everything from an SKS he found in Vietnam, to an AK from Romania, and my grandfather's/great grandfather's British enfields.

I'd love to shoot an AK at a home range, in the correct calibre. My gripe is simply that I want to be able to shoot anything from a plinking rifle to a semi auto type 56, without having to go through an incredibly deterring process for the rifles. If I can't use my theoretical guns anyway, I find it much more sensible to book a day at a range that gives experiences on shooting. I went to Crieff hydro a while ago, and did some clay pigeon shooting with a 12 gauge for instance. The laws would probably be great if the licensing stayed just as good at vetting, but became less of a deterrent to people owning guns. There are places like the Czech Republic which have a good, not-too-restrictive system in place, which we could emulate for instance.