A couple of notes:
1. Re M1 Garand. I own one. purchasing an M1 is no different from purchasing any other legal rifle. fill out the 6673, pass the NICS check, pay and walk out. Just be prepared to pay over $2000
2. The military definition of an assault rifle is a gas operated rifle that accepts removable magazines firing an intermediate power cartridge and capable of both semi and full automatic fire. Since rifles capable of full auto fire are already regulated by federal law, an “assault rifle” is basically anything the state or local governing agency says it is. Usually they define such as a semi-automatic rifle capable of using detachable magazines havin a separate hand grip and a muzzle devise such as a flash hider or threaded barrel and, oh yeah, a bayonet lug. Note that a Universal Carbine, which is a civilian version of the famous M1 carbine used in WWII and Korea, even though it is semi-automatic and does accept detachable magazines, is not so classified because it lacks a separate hand grip or muzzle devices.
3. Semi-automatic rifles have been used for hunting in the U.S. since Remington introduced the modal 8 in 1911.
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