So, on one hand the gov’t says to be prepared. But then if you are prepared the other hand of the gov’t says you’re a hoarder.
Now you have to stockpile enough not only for yourself, but for all the looters as well.
It solves the problem "How do you keep a riot going when all the stores are cleaned out and torched in the first week?" You go house-to-house, of course.
A little tip on what to stockpile: Big screen TV's and Air Jordans