I use to bump in to my district’s representative at the shooting range all the time. He and his son were avid shooters. No secret service, no protection.
Was he “controversial, divisive” and running for president?
My neighbor has done some competitive shooting so I just asked him about it. He says there is a whole patchwork of laws (which are always in flux) regarding guns and shooting events depending on sanctioning body, state the event is held in, type of event etc.
He says that even a man who can’t own a gun here can go to an event and pay to shoot a fully auto machine gun with no legal ramifications. In other states its a criminal offense.