My memories indicate a rapid increase in gun sales, at least up to the 1994 elections. In these parts there was a strongly felt fear that Clinton and the Democrat Congress were working rapidly up to a confiscation or to a banning of ammo or something else equally drastic and gun sales went through the proverbial roof. The price of a functional Garand went from $300 with outliers as low as $170 or so in Fall 1993 to $1500 and mostly unavailable in October 1994. Other models followed similar trajectories. Military rifles were cleaned out of the stores and many models were long back-ordered. In the weeks following the 94 elections the price of that now available-again Garand went to less than $1000 and continued to slide for a while, at least until it all fell out of my focus. I had been in the market, myself, for a long gun and always wanted an M1 Garand which is why I paid attention to that particular item. I think the pace of gun sales did fall pretty sharply for a time beginning in November of 94 but that was surely due to the disappearance of the frantic urgency that had been in in the air.
I am in complete agreement as I bought an Colt AR-15 just before the selling price doubled (and the supply dried up). Best investment I ever made. After things calmed down a bit the prices dropped a bit but never returned to pre-panic levels.
Regards,
GtG