If it came down to just firepower I could probably invade Cuba now but I just don’t know if I could kill a hungry man unless he was directly trying to kill me or my family.
Looting for food to stay alive is something anyone would do, especially with a family. A man raiding my chicken coop unarmed... that would be a really tough call for me even if I needed those chickens myself.
Call me soft, but I know if I did that mans face would haunt my dreams until I took my last breath, especially if a couple of months later things started coming back to “normal”.
I admire your humanity. Also, I would give civilization every opportunity to reassert itself before considering taking the law into my own hands. But if and when the rule of law goes out the window the looter who gets shot dead may be the lucky one.