Texit and many other states can make an Army real quick.
Absolutely! But we, here in VA, and like locales will have a much harder time of distinguishing friend from foe. In “collapse” one must assume everyone is foe. I think the rationale for prepping is not to be subsequently independent forever but to be able to just “hunker down” LNG enough to let the really violent and the unprepared sort things out a bit. 6 weeks, maybe.
Even Texas will have problems in the areas around Austin and along the border.