A Japanese wise man figured out that behind every blade of grass there is a gun. There are over 700,000 deer hunters in both PA and Michigan. Both are in the top ten Armies in the world. Bring it.
There is little difference in equipment or skills between deer hunting and sniping.
Any well-zeroed deer rifle can take out a man-sized target at 300 yards.
What if neighborhood defense teams were made up of hunters/snipers plus their sons wielding slingshots & launching cherry bombs at the advancing looters? As the M-80’s go off, snipers pick off their targets, their gunfire confused with the fireworks.
But...wait just a second....suppressors are now legal in most states! Looters might just start falling dead with no one knowing why.
“There will be a rifle behind every blade of grass”
Also, make it clear that looters seen carrying guns will be shot first.