Where exactly should I be stashing my retirement to last past when the baby boomers?
I guess maybe that's why people buy so many guns and such, they have a valuation and will be worth something come revolution or as collectors items...
I mean, just the other day I got a call from one of my tenants, and had to leave dinner to go clean up a squirrel that crawled into the ceiling and died up there... I've been on vacation in Mexico in the middle of February and got the call that the oil burner had quit, and had to scramble from there to get it replaced before the house froze.
The mix of these 2 is dependent on the risk the person/couple is willing to incur.
Any form of serious gun control is likely to include a grandfathering clause in order to keep it constitutional (beyond simply 2nd amendment issues). A few semi-auto firearms and other assorted "naughty" items like drum magazines are likely to be some of the best investments out there if things continue down the current path. AR-15s were selling for $3k during the AWB years and although the supply is several orders of magnitude greater today, a high quality AR will still appreciate massively in value under a new AWB. There is a large quality gap between the most common ARs (PSA build kits, M&P Sports, etc) and a high end one. In a regulated market with limited supply and bureaucratic hurdles to obtaining licensure, demand shifts to value the highest possible quality.
Just look at the firearm suppressor market for example. While they are legal, the effect of a $200 tax stamp and a 6 month waiting period for approval (caused by inefficiency rather than statute) means the market is almost exclusively comprised of ~$700 options designed to last a lifetime as any replacement requires going through the whole process again. If suppressors were regulated like other common firearms-related items, there would be more sub-$30 oil filter adapters than you could shake a stick at. Since that isn't the case, incredibly durable and costly machined titanium and stainless steel rules the day.