[Bloody Sam Roberts]

First, if something like that happens, and you are a prepper, lock yourself in the house and don't leave for any reason

And if 25 armed gang bangers show up intent on simply burning your house down? That will take some serious preps and serious planning. I'm not certain I have all the details worked out for my homestead but I'm working it.

[frog in a pot]

Many upthread have argued the best course is to not get on the roads and I agree, assuming one doesn't live in the middle of a large metropolitan area.

It is all relative, of course, but think about this:
And if 25 armed gang bangers show up intent on simply burning your house down...they will have to deal with the 12 trained, experienced and well-armed individuals now living in my immediate residential neighborhood plus the adults living in the targeted house.

I hope your ultimate "homestead" will have similar defensive capabilities.

[Little Bill]

All of these scenario's all depend where you live. If you look in a metro area the thugs will move to next metro area after cleaning out their area.

In my area there is nothing but South if you are looking for booty.

[Marcella]

I said: “First, if something like that happens, and you are a prepper, lock yourself in the house and don't leave for any reason.”
You said: “And if 25 armed gang bangers show up intent on simply burning your house down?”

The example is riots at the beginning in town at stores. Bad guys won't be interested in your house at that time with all those stores full of stuff they want.

Houses may be hit later so yes, have a security plan for the house but I still say don't leave the house at the beginning of riots.

As for burning a house, I don't see burning a house just to burn it for a while after chaos starts. I can see at a later time burning a house if there is nothing there worth having.

But, frankly, really bad guys will stay in their territory because that is where they rule. And also, frankly, this is Texas and nearly everyone in a household has more than one gun and would surely kill them if they tried to get in their house. That's another reason the bad guys will stay in their territory - they know who lives there but they don't know who lives in a house outside their territory and they know damn well know we have guns.

In a state/city that controls guns or won't let people have guns, the bad guys win.