If riots, looting, and social unrest continue, how many of you feel like you are sufficiently armed to deal with the unrest circumstances?
"Well armed" for what situation exactly? Because it depends.
- For home invasion: YES. Estimate needs 20 rounds max?
- For protests: I don't think it is necessary to arm yourself for protest IF a protest is just that, regardless of whether I agree with their point. If protest degenerates into something else, see next.
- As a business owner, to defend from looting? YES. Same as home invasion.
- For
temporary brake down of law and order ala New Orleans - post Katrina? YES, I don't think the requirements would be very different from those for the home invasion. But estimate: maybe 100 rds?
- For total, permanent brake down of law and order: NO
- For defense against tyrannical government, and for civil war? NO, impossible, cannot defend against that unless you join one of the warring sides and you are part of their logistics and tactical side.
- For zombie apocalypse? Yes, because I also have a chainsaw.
- Most important: for practicing my firearms shooting hobby, to enhance marksmanship, participate in competitions, and spend time with my firearms friends shooting at the range? NO, I do not have enough rounds for that, and right now it is my biggest worry.
IMHO the problem with the scenario of the diners being harassed at a restaurant, which Vito mentions in post #60, is that no amount of firepower can solve that situation. First of all, counting on escalation to pepper spray or a firearm to defuse the situation rests on the assumption that none of the assailants is armed, or that if they are, that they are not willing to use their weapons. I think that in that situation, a cellphone with recording ability is/was indeed the best self defense weapon.