Yes. I actually have a couple of NRA marksmanship medals, although not anything impressive.

In response, I think you train civilians in preparation for an imminent invasion with whatever you have on hand. If you don’t have weapons on hand, then you use plywood models to practice movements and tactics as best as you can until the weapons eventually show up. No point sitting on your ass being terrified when you could be training.

You’re training civilians to go up against a nuclear-armed country in a fight you know you ultimately can’t win. You aren’t going to be picky as to how you train civilians knowingly volunteering for a suicide mission.