First, you have two links claiming that those buying guns are the ones concerned about a black president/coming race war/whatever, but in both links, the only quote to that effect is from the same sociology professor who is engaging in an absurd dismissal of a valid concern of gun owners. By "valid," I don't necessarily mean that owning guns is awesome, only that Obama's voting record shows pretty clearly that he isn't a fan of gun rights, and with a Democrat-controlled Congress it's the first time since 1994 that there's a serious potential for broad gun control legislation. Thus, if you are big on the Second Amendment, now really is not a bad time to buy the kind of guns that could conceivably be banned pretty soon.

This does not mean that everyone who's purchased an AR-15 in the last couple months is a raging racist who probably wants to kill Obama or at least get some lynching done on the local level. By characterizing them as such, you're engaging in the same kind of reductive labeling and overbroad generalization that you so often (and correctly) call out right-wingers for. While it's obviously true that pro-gun people tend to be more conservative, huge numbers of them are social libertarians, and thus unconcerned about things like gay wedding chapels. If you're pro-gun control, that's fine, but make a valid argument that doesn't involve the same kind of idiotic name-calling that Hannity and Limbaugh make a career of.

Now, do I think that the fears of the people buying guns are justified? In some ways, yes, as mentioned above; however, I think enough Democrats realize that gun control legislation was at least partially responsible for the ass-kicking they got in 1994 that there won't be a lot of new gun laws, at least right off the bat. That said, if I didn't already have two "assault weapons" (God, do I hate that term; when someone from the Brady Campaign can explain to me why a Ruger Mini-14 is an "assault weapon" while the functionally identical Ruger Ranch Rifle is a "sporting rifle" without relying on the argument that it just looks meaner, maybe I'll rethink my position) I would consider buying one just in case.

On the plus side, of course, when the people who have done stupid shit like take out loans to buy guns realize that they were being morons, that will result in lots of barely-used guns at low prices for those of us smart enough to wait.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-ixnYHSYzHtk/bruno_at_gun_show_in_arkansas/