I don’t think there’s any correlation between how many flavors of rifles a guy owns and poor judgement in engaging in firefights. No one questions the guy with multiple bolt guns, why judge a guy with multiple AR’s? Semi-auto, Bolt Action, Lever Action, I say enjoy them all. I also don’t expect any disasters to turn into daily shootouts at the OK Corral. People watch too much Mad Max and Walking Dead.
Valid point. But if we look around the world and at recent history, it is unwise to go on the assumption that the US is somehow so special it is immune to what has occurred at various times all over the world.
People can be capable of real barbarism and I don't believe that *many* Americans have evolved past that. Lot of ferals out there.
I still believe we are going to muddle through it, though with much suffering along the way. Still, for relatively little money or effort, why not hedge one's bets? I lived in Florida during Andrew and there were some people in South FL that were very glad they had firearms and food in the aftermath.