When I was a Kid, you could buy a WWII Surplus German Anti Tank Rifle from an Ad in the back of a Magazine for $179.00.
You could also buy extra Ammunition. It was a bit steep, but I sure wish my Dad would have given me the money for it.
Then again, that was back in the day when my older Brother took his .22 Rifle to School when the Gun Club had Target Practice at the School’s Basement Gun Range.
I was in the bathroom, and the guy was unloading the revolver.
“What the heck are you doing!?”
“Oh - don't worry - I'm using it for a prop in the play. Figured I better unload it first though.”
My biology teacher always carried a pistol. He even shot it in class (blanks) by “accident” during the middle of a thing on testing our pulses!
“So you see - not only will running in place elevate your heart rate - your adrenaline will too!”
This was late 70’s.
Something definitely has happened to our culture since those days. Although my brother, going to that same high school in the early 60’s talked about the huge fights they would have after football games with rivals. Bats and stuff with a huge melee, cops, injuries, etc. Never had that in the 70’s.