It would take a real Depression before people would see it for what it is.
Ahhh, a note along the trail of the ever popular downward spiral.
But c'mon, no need to bother taking our guns with the likes of Microwave and Sonic croud control devices. I mean if it feels like your skin is burning to the bone are you really going to shoot straight let alone be able to hold the gun? Nothing stopping them from mounting a bunch to UAV's and circling a target area or heck, even using something akin to jumbo remote control helicopters for a delivery system (Not a far cry from predator control systems technicly). I even thought of building my own for a while.
