waterdogg wrote on Apr 21^st, 2013 at 12:46pm:

but they are holding on to everything as long as they can.

I think that's the case.  With the run on ammo and hyper-inflated prices we've been seeing over the last few months, I initially chalked it up to hysteria, however, my club had its annual Spring gun show last weekend and the turnout was unbelievable.  I'm less inclined to think of it as hysteria and paranoia but rather, honest to goodness concerns on many people's part about what the future holds for gun owners.  Hence, more people do seem to be hanging on to whatever they have unless they have a compelling reason to sell it.