[Kartographer]

As pointed out in an earlier post the Korean Store owners that stood watch over their places of business with weapons suffered little or no losses during the LA riots. So seems to me that those weapons were a good investment, but then you could just call 911 and wait for the police to show-up.

[hiredhand]

I read a few days ago that it was a misconception to believe that having a goodly supply of weapons and ammo would stop the hoards from overtaking you. It went on to say that eventually, they would overtake you. But this definitely doesn't line up with things such as what you've mentioned regarding the LA riots. Ditto for the aftermath of Katrina down in NOLA. The hoards are teachable by force if anything. Once they learn that it's a life threatening ordeal to go into certain areas, they tend to AVOID those areas and others like them. Also, historically they spread the word to others to avoid those areas! They DON'T regroup and form a strategy on overtaking the defended areas. They just stay away and move to those areas which aren't defended. There are too many of those, so why mess with the ones that are defended? They might be mean, violent, and murderous, but they're not stupid or suicidal. :-)

I would say that it is indeed beneficial to have a large store of weapons and ammunition, as well as a network of people who can put them to good use for a common defense. Historically, they should do very well against the hoards.