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You could buy guns and ammo with very few questions asked.

When I was 13 I saved my money and bought a brand new Marlin 99C. A semi-automatic .22, that held 18 LR rounds in a tube magazine under the barrel. I would buy boxes of 500 rounds at a time and blast gophers all day long. Sometimes I would splurge and buy a box of Stingers, a hollow point .22 LR round that would just do grotesque damage.

I debated a long time between the Marlin and the Ruger mini .22 with a folding stalk. They had re-loadable clips and a very short barrel. I chose the Marlin because of the longer barrel for accuracy at longer ranges.

But yeah...it was easy to buy guns and ammo back in the day.