There is no way in this economy sporting gun sales or ammunition saleshaveincreased...
Apparently you haven't tried to purchase a gun, or any reloading products lately. In this part of the country, people are hoarding reloading supplys such as powder and primers. Guns are flying out the door, especially AR's. DPMS is approx. 150,000 orders behind currently, for example. Go in to a gun store around here to buy guns and reloading supplys, and you will almost think the store is going out of business because of empty shelfs.
Oh, and by the way, welcome to the NRA jerry d. We need more like you to help standup and fight for our rights that are sure to be under full attack very soon.