Years ago, there was a poster I saw that said - "Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean that they AREN'T out to get you."
It wouldn't surprise me that some government black ops would be involved in something like this. It would be perfect for the "commucrats" to support something like this as they could use it to make some gun owners "go crazy". If and when they do, the Left could use a situation they created to eviscerate the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
After all, look at some of the old LSD "mind control" experiments the military did 50+ years ago.