I'm going to put my bead on this, just my opinion.

I think the mentality that drives the majority of these AR sales is simply the possibility of someone telling free Americans they can't have something. I doubt people are buying these rifles to have at the ready to fight their government.

How many rifles purchased in the last two "scares" have ever even been fired? The majority of the population lives in urban areas. To go shoot a rifle, a day or part of a day is planned around visiting a public or club range. That takes effort, and a massive portion of the population is lazy. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for non-criminals going out and buying what they damn well please, I just think they are doing it in fear that they will be told they can't, in the near future.