Many people are losing their homes. This is a tragedy--for whatever reason. Mistakes were made on both sides of the credit table.
Personal opinion? Guns and ammo aren't bought, for the most part, by people who are in the foreclosure category. I base this on nothing other than my personal opinion. Please don't quote me.
Seems to me that people who, generally, enjoy firearms and firearms sports, and who keep a good amount of ammunition on hand (we all know people who "have a gun", and either haven't shot it in decades or have absolutely no ammo for it) are more generally 'prepared' for hard times.
Times are hard, and we have to limit our spending just like everybody else. We don't go out like we used to, but we still manage to put away a couple of boxes of ammunition every month. Doesn't seem like a lot, but we've been doing this for the last three years. When I go into my ammo storage, and see the amount we've managed to put away, I am thoroughly gratified.
I don't see this as an intended ban by any part of the administration. I didn't vote for the man, but he's my president now, and so far I think he's tackling the right problems, while ignoring the solely political issues.
Doesn't stop me from purchasing the weapons that he "may get around to" in the future, now. I have my priorities. Might be different for my children, as I can't seem to get my 17 year old son interested in shooting at all (how WEIRD is that?!), but for the wife and I, we choose to interpret the 2nd Amendment as giving the citizens of this country the right to refuse tyranny. Such beliefs are better served by actually being able to refuse tyranny, as opposed to lip service. What good are rifles without bullets? Why have a weapon at all (for the purpose of resisting tyranny) if you aren't going to keep bullets for it?
I think most of us get that. For a lot of people, guns are more than a hobby. It's the ultimate expression of American freedom, and a symbol of resistance to those that would take away our liberty. For people like that, a little economic downturn is not going to keep us from believing. And sometimes, you have to believe with your pocketbook--that's just the way it is.