I'm happy to report that you can now get a perfectly serviceable bolt-action .50 caliber rifle for 1-2k if it's legal in your area. And they sell like .475 high-power anti-materiel rifles for those who live in Commiefornia.

I feel like the unaffordability of heavy construction equipment and surplus main battle tanks has severely hampered the America Civil Rights movement. And there's no fixing it now, Ukraine used to be the world's major exporter of slightly used Soviet armor, and so that is obviously no longer an option.