We really need (after a sufficient warning) a “shoot to kill” order at anyone looting or lighting fires. I know it would incite riots in all of our democrat-controlled cities, but it would be like excising an infection. But the chaos and anarchy have to be stopped somewhere if we are to survive as a society.
Governments are too politically correct for that. Intelligent store owners will do the right thing. LA, during the 1992 riots: