Gun sales to citizens (over 1 million), before Christmas was sufficient to equip ten divisions...and there is a need for ammo too.
ref link:
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/27/us/record-gun-sales/?hpt=us_c1 TPTB and their sock puppets are concerned.
"The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing." Adolph Hitler
Ref link:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/10378-obamas-anti-gun-agenda-remains-alive-and-wellAmmo sales (firearms, magazines, parts, etc) are all tied to the present economic/political conditions.
How else do you explain such individual investments during the third year of recession?