Almost half the stories I’ve read about people defending their property from the recent lootings here have been arrested and charged with at least brandishing or assault.
Mostly blue states, but a Tex-Mex feller down in Harlingen used a running chain saw to fend of a group coming for his store. They swore up and down they were ONLY protesting, so the coppers booked him.
Every case is different, but defending your property from looters is a human right as old as homo sapiens.