You can now get fully automatic carpet guns.
https://www.amazon.com/Tough-timbers-Rubber-band-Machine/dp/B01N5SUD92/
LOL
But that’s a rubber band gun....very limited ammo supply in my youth. Linoleum scraps, cardboard, etc on the other hand were easily accessable.
Hell, I can remember one kid using pieces of flattened-out pressed tin ceiling but it would cut through the rubber band.