Have you ever met anyone that has a firearm or firearm-related hobby? I'm guessing that you haven't.
This is a really, really, really bad assumption. I don't know about ankhmoop, but I own guns and have throughout my life. Most of my family members own firearms and a couple of my friends are collectors. I, too, am alarmed by sudden increases in firearm sales in the US, as are all other gun owners that I have spoken to about it, since it has been prompted by political rhetoric and the economic downturn.
Have you ever met anyone that has a firearm or firearm-related hobby? I'm guessing that you haven't.
A little secret: they're not all hicks, militia members, xenophobes, etc. Those terrible stereotypes don't apply to any of my friends and family members that keep guns, and I strongly suspect that they're not true of the general population either.