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An AR-15 or 9mm PCC would be my gold standard for one gun, with a 9mm sidearm, but for first timers I always recommend a 10/22. It's mechanically simple, ammo costs like 10% of 9mm or 5.56mm, and the recoil/sound profile are very light. To learn to shoot properly they need to shoot a lot while practicing safe handling and a 10/22 does both well.
And if anyone is worried about the usefulness of .22, ~~it's the caliber the CEO shooter used isn't it?~~ I was mistaken, but in a shooting of that type .22 could be effective, though it will have a lower range if one is looking for distance.
It's a proper deadly bullet that enters the body and bounces around without the energy to overpenetrate. Range-wise it's somewhat better than a handgun but still within 100m or so. Distance shooting is such a specialised skill and set of circumstances that you're probably a lot more likely to need to use it within that 100m than beyond it.
Very true about range, especially any kind of urban environment, 100m is really all you need. But if things really get to a proper war or civil conflict in the US there is such massive open space that I could see long range sniping being a valuble skill, but who knows how anything is going to play out in the long term.
No he used subsonic 9mm with a suppressor
Tbh if you're getting a 10/22 to learn and you're ever gonna get a handgun, I'd get a tx22 first/instead. Long guns are more intuitive and forgiving than handguns.
Plus the tx22 is a much better value than the 10/22 compared to their respective alternatives. A $100 22 rifle is perfectly adequate if you're solely getting it to learn with. And the tx22 is just a really good gun despite the low price.
A .22 handgun is also good but I don't have experience with them. In fire drills I've done with a 9mm handgun and an AR-15, I was able to put more rounds on a target faster with the handgun. The only thing I don't like about practicing with the 9mm alone is that I'm not really shooting from different positions, only a standing stance. The rifle encourages you to crouch or lay down which I prefer when shooting.
edit: As for rifles, I personally love the X-22 backpacker stock for the takedown version of the 10/22: https://magpul.com/x-22-backpacker-stock-ruger-10-22-takedown.html . The rifle is so light and versatile while breaking down into a small daypack. The stock has a watertight compartment for a small survival kit. Unless I'm in grizzly bear country, it's the one gun I'd bring into the backwoods.