He bought his weapons under an assumed name, Alex Hiddel. Bought through Klein’s sporting goods, Shipped by US Mail to a PO Box. Things were different back then, and you’d have to drill down why he thought that was necessary,
OK. That’s more than I knew about Oswald’s Carcano.
They didn’t do background checks back then, there was no NICs program, so I don’t know why he would have had to buy a gun with an assumed name other than his being stupid and paranoid.
The fact remains that Garands weren’t expensive and that was all I was taking issue with.
I found a milsurp forum post where a guy talked about him and his father going to a DCM shoot in 1968 and qualifying to buy two Garands (I guess there were requirements prior to 1978). They paid $90 dollars for the two rifles. Said he still had the paperwork.