What's interesting here is that they are forgoing the govt. for the private citizen (numerically smart) but also might indicate a measure of resistance [to overbearing government] on the part of the corporate world. This is, IMO, full of potential.
Seems like the French collaborationist who anounced his national feeling by claiming that he charged the Germans more than his French customers... Of course he had no French customers.
These small companies don’t have federal contracts, and with the market the way it is, have plenty of sales to non government folks.
I don’t think they have any large government contracts say for machine guns.