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.
Oh, I don’t make any assumptions that people can’t devolve into barbarians. I just think that however bad it gets, there will very few situations where you are better off shooting people than avoiding them. That doesn’t mean I’m not prepared.