If you go by the MIRCS drop down restrictions "Sporting" is more permissive than Target and Hunting, it includes Target and Hunting but also includes hiking, camping, cross country skiing, and other similar outdoor activities.
If you knew the policy was target and hunting in your town, and you knew that you were not going to force the issue of ALP any time soon, then you might consider asking for sporting because you hike, camp, mountain bike, and fish a lot in the great outdoors.
If you knew the policy was target and hunting in your town, and you knew that you were not going to force the issue of ALP any time soon, then you might consider asking for sporting because you hike, camp, mountain bike, and fish a lot in the great outdoors.