As I used to say in lectures to my Police Science classmates, the only way you can stop a violent mob it to take out the first three rows - gas grenades, stun grenades or well aimed gunfire.
The agitators are always beyond the 3rd row, but the lesson is learned by the survivors.
Lesson summary: Lock; load, fire, reload, fire, reload and fire again if necessary.
The British mob is made up of three or four components:
1. Black Bloc and/or Red Bloc Anarchists (i.e. Anarchocommunists)
2. Foreign born/immigrant youth (including Moslem contingents)
3. Communists
4. The thug looters - i.e. opportunists (criminals in training, if you will)
The abject failure of the British and American media to identify these groups, often well announced by their flags, signs and uniforms, is one reason these punks are succeeding.
The don’t need an “excuse” to riot and loot. They have an ideological worldview which says that this is normal, that this is what they are supposed to do whenever an opportunity arises. The British police and politicians and media are both incompetent and clueless.
Also, another reason why “gun control” is a complete failure. Look who is losing, and why.