Reasons for Gun Sales Increase

Dear Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Reid,
The Washington Times says that gun sales hit a new record high  in 2013 and was the 11th straight year of gun sales increase.
Apparently the public has been recognizing for some time and continues to recognize two factors.
There is increasing danger to individual personal liberties by a despotic government, and it might be necessary that sometime in the future there will be a need for an armed revolt. This is the same prediction of our forefathers, who inserted the Second Amendment to the Constitution in the Bill of Rights.
The other reason is that in spite of the increasing despotism of government, government is unable to give its citizens protection against local criminal activity, such as murder, carjacking, mugging, and burglary. It is similarly inept at controlling local mass murders, such as the Sandy Hook Elementary disaster.
You can increase public confidence in government by a few simple policies as follows:
1  Stop meddling in the personal affairs of American citizens either directly or indirectly through restrictions on profit-making companies which make their jobs.
2. Start to weed out federal socialistic programs, such as Obamacare, leaving any socialization to the local citizenry 3. Stop frittering away taxpayer money on foreign wars, efforts to democratize the world, and ridiculous grants to universities for "research".
4. Eliminate or reduce any other significant expenditures which continue to lead to budget imbalance and increases in the already massive federal debt.
With respect to controlling criminality at local levels, the federal government should not be involved, either through monetary support, training, laws, or any other form of involvement. This is a matter for state and local governments and an armed responsible citizenry.