The one big problem it has caused for retailers and manufacturers is the lack of supply of product. Sure, guns and accessories sold very quickly, but if they are impossible to replace, it really doesn't help much. Then you have the guys who hoard things like ammunition and mark them up to absurd prices. These are the kind of things that cause a permanent price increase industry wide. Wholesale price from distributors has already gone up a few points on factory ammunition and guns are soon to follow. On the short term, things like an AWB scare may seem to be a good thing, but in the long term, anything that sends the industry into a frenzy like this is bad. Remember when you could buy a Colt AR-15 for $800 in 2007, and then they never came down under $1,000 after the 2008 frenzy? Guess what, the cost to manufacture those things hasn't gone up THAT much.