Good to hear from you my friend...I hope is all well by you and yours...
RE resounding No: People that I KNOW who have never even thought of buying guns have now done so - and they bought ARs. Regardless of the wisdom of that, folks know things aren’t right, and they’re responding to it the way they know how - with their wallets.
As for “assault rifles” last time I checked Webster’s Dictionary, “assault” was a verb. Must be a noun in the NEW Ebonics version or something, I dunno...