Post-LA-riots, any middle-class white who doesn't have at least one firearm, along with at least a thousand rounds for it, is a fool.
If a riot spills over into white areas, I don't think the rioters will go into the residential areas. They know that homeowners would have the right to shoot to kill in order to protect their families, and that homeowners WOULD shoot.
The primary targets would be the stores and shopping malls and banks
The primary targets would be the stores and shopping malls and banks
Actually, in the suburbs, and cities, the stores and shopping malls would only last a few minutes, or maybe two hours, if that. Everyone would be thinking the same thing as you would. Get food, get water, get gas etc....After that, it would get very scary.
In a major event, national financial collapse, major attack, a major terrorist event, all the stores would be stripped clean in a matter of one hour. Forget even trying to get fuel for the car. The lines would be epic.
In a *major* event, you wouldn't want to be in the suburbs or cities, along with hundreds of thousands of other, thirsty, hungry people..Trust me.
Roads would be blocked, gridlocked with poor hysterical people, and one could only leave on foot. Not a good alternative.
Unfortunately, in the large population centers, suburbs, cities, etc it would get nasty in a big hurry......Bet on it. It's not the place I would care to be in.
Even if you could make it out of the human ant hills, cities and suburbs, there would be no warm welcome in the more rural areas. Without a place to go to, it too could be pretty brutal.