Exactly whose panic are they contributing to?
I don't think many people in New Orleans have their televisions on in their homes while their microwaves heat dinner and the air conditioning keeps the room at a pleasant 72 degrees.
It doesn't appear to be a panic. It appears to be a transformation into a third-world society, in which armed gangs terrorize the populace. Medical convoys have been targeted and attacked...
I've been saying for a long time that there exists a VERY thin veneer between what we call our SOCIETY, and the reality of life in a barbarous third-world country.
We are seeing people do what they do best- act like animals. Thank God the authors of the constitution had the foresight (hindsight?) to allow the average citizen to own and use firearms.