I agree with all you have stated. We are quite prepared, as are many people I know. Many good citizens have been taking the proper steps to prepare for the worse.
Yes, it is almost a certainty that the left will get violent. I fully expect it -- that is what Marxists do. The left is evil. God forbid it should decay into civil war, but if something like that happens, Patriots will unleash enough hell to restore our Republic to it's Constitutional roots. I think realistically there will only be pockets of violence that will quickly be extinguished.
“...Yes, it is almost a certainty that the left will get violent...”
They want to commit suicide, there’s MORE than enough Americans left to help them do it.