I think it's a huge money-making business. If there are 300 million guns in circulation, that's a lot of money there, not to mention the ammunition.

Orchid is correct: it's a bit odd that we respond to mass shootings by stocking up on guns and ammunition, but that's exactly what we are doing. People who attend gun shows say they have never seen anything like it, so there's a bunker mentality.

Me, I remain skeptical. We have nothing approaching a well-ordered militia -- just the freedom to own guns. That would be fine if we weren't getting to be as much in danger from our neighbor who has a bad temper as we are from the criminal who would steal our car. What does this say about us as a people that we don't seem to care?