The folks buying during the panics don't "need" the guns/ammo, they "want" it. Bad. If civil war broke out of hand any I had out like Halloween candy. Food, etc also.

During a panic it's simple supply and demand. Any rational person knows the cycle and if you're too stupid to BTFD (buy the [bleep] dip) then you deserve to pay stupid prices during the peaks.

Nothing to do with integrity in the least, and this idea that poverty equates integrity is ridiculous.