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They might still have a big pile of Garands, but many were sold to civilians.

Many through the Civilian Marksmanship Program to try to increase the shooting ability of the public.

My anecdote is not about the US. I thought the compulsory military service part would make that clear.

We got some of those Garands to rebuild our military after ww2.

Sorry, when I initially read your comment I simply interpreted that to be referencing the draft, e.g. conscription.

I could have been more precise. The Garands were a mislead. I served in 08.