Remember the armed Korean shopkeepers and storeowners defending their property from throngs of looters?? The rioters backed off, immediately, when these shopkeepers *defended* their property.
Imagine if NJ residents could've defended themselves and their property against the Sandy looters in the same fashion.
Yes. Lots of wild cards here. But the more empowered the takers feel, th more it will take to get them to back off. And with the fervor over guns and ammo, and the incompetency of obama, those on the right are feeling pretty empowered. It *could* have gotten really bad. We’ll never know, though.