I agreed with the earlier poster. But you rightly point out how the reasons for separation persist.
At my last few visits to the range, I have noticed a sense of urgency. And people’s choice of weapons, their accoutrement (optics, sights, furniture), targets and shooting scenarios (such as you can have at a public range), are not hunters preparing for the up coming season. Something is brewing and has been for some time.
The obvious increase in citizens buying up firearms and ammo is not a citizenry that is doing so because it fears a ban on those items; rather, it is a citizenry preparing for armed conflict and war.