Why else would they need billions of bullets and armored cars? They are planning on it.
A decade ago, I would have dismissed that statement as a wild, fringe theory. Not any more. I believe there are those in Wash-DC that know a tipping point is at hand. And there are those there that are in denial.
If the govmint is planning for the "worst of times", then you can bet that they will screw that up royally. As the pattern continues, Fedzilla will take a rotten situation and mess it up beyond all repair. It's going to be a rough ride.