Who made money when sellers last promoted scare tactics after the presidential election? Many scalpers did quite well.
In July '09, when the induced-panic had cooled off, a 'GB' auction seller in Keene, NH was feverishly
trying to dump 50,000 rds. of Russian-made 7.62x39 ammo... all at once
. I counted that much, and it was claimed that he had 70,000 rds.
The astute gun owners realized in late '08 that the Democrats' "political capital"/strength needed to be spent on attempts to pass 'cap and trade' and the monstrous health care bill.
But the scalpers succeeded quite well in their pronouncements that "the sky is falling". The sheep hear it
and run out in herds to buy an unwanted AR, which many later decide they need to sell, just to pay bills.
We don't need to be orbital mechanics (NASA) or propulsion specialists to have just an idea who will benefit the most from the next scare.
The problem for a while might be inflated (speculated) fuel prices due to instability near the Suez Canal, used by a huge number of ships.
Chopdoktor: Yes, and such secondary issues as gun control momentarily help people forget about the low business IQ of our White House economic advisors (other than leftist theory). The Administration's indifference to the unemployment levels (i.e. "...it is Bush's fault") needs to be forgotten, along with the need to reduce our business taxes etc, almost the highest in the world, except for in Japan.