I blame it on ethanol. Here's why:
1) Ethanol is made from corn.
2) Pigs eat corn.
3) Price of corn is higher because of the demand created by ethanol production.
4) Pigs are more expensive to feed.
5) Since pigs are more expensive to feed, the price of bacon goes up.
6) Everyone knows that gun owners (to include gun dealers and private sellers) love bacon.
7) Gun dealers and private sellers have to raise their prices in order to be able to afford bacon.
It's just that simple.
There has been a lot of good information posted up in this thread on rising prices, but this is probably the best explination of all. I don't know why it is in purple