Watching the phenomena with interest, who are the panic-stricken buyers? I can't imagine members here being panic-stricken by anything. Are they first-time gun buyers? Why are tens, maybe hundreds of thousands, millions of Americans scared? - KB
I know a number of first-time buyers, none of whom are panic-stricken. Rather, they are prudent people who really don't like some of the foreseeable futures. I'm sure there is a small % out there who are trying to assure they "get theirs" before it gets more difficult or costly - they may be panic-stricken.
If two million (that would be "millions") USA citizens were scared, that would be about 0.7% which doesn't seem like a particularly large number. On the other hand, there are most probably many millions who are quite concerned, neither paniced nor scared, but concermed and alarmed as to the direction the new crop of office-holders seems to be headed. Could the USA citizenry be goaded into an uprising? Probably, but highly unlikely. There are way too many congressmen who recognize that no interest of theirs is served by being identified as "gov'ment people" on the wrong side of a rising. Should the new administration push so hard as to alienate the congress, then more or less nothing new happens until the next election. Should the administration try to overrun the congress, then a rising would be likely; but that seems unlikely at this time.
Paniced and scared, no, King, I don't see that. I see a rising % of citizens who have just realized that they may no longer be able to depend on the government leaving them alone to pursue life, liberty, and happiness.
