[El Gato]

Try getting a handgun permit in your state. Try buying a rifle like the troops carry (or even a defanged one that shoots one shot per trigger pull.

Been there, done that. No hassle, but I'd prefer that we could exercise our right bear arms without such permit. Although my ugly black rifle is a larger caliber than the average US grunt carries.

Perhaps you live in the wrong state?

[Atlas Sneezed]

Sorry, but there is no state in which a citizen can go out and buy a newly made M4 rifle like many troops carry. None.