Some people prepared, even with an eye toward future bans and such. We have our baseline defense and do baseline 2A Militia work. A snubnose revolver and a not-so-sporting-seeming long gun suitable to one's situation (straight out of the 1688 English Bill of Rights), and you're set. Some people didn't. Those people bow down to the rest of us.
I'd love certain lower-end items for the fuddish maintenance of heritage. But as a practical matter, I can settle for what I have. I can forego the preferences.
TDF INDEX: Cats, Guns, and National Security: THE DAILY FUDD index. https://catsgunsandnationalsecurity.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-daily-fudd-index.html