The example is riots at the beginning in town at stores. Bad guys won't be interested in your house at that time with all those stores full of stuff they want.
Houses may be hit later so yes, have a security plan for the house but I still say don't leave the house at the beginning of riots.
As for burning a house, I don't see burning a house just to burn it for a while after chaos starts. I can see at a later time burning a house if there is nothing there worth having.
But, frankly, really bad guys will stay in their territory because that is where they rule. And also, frankly, this is Texas and nearly everyone in a household has more than one gun and would surely kill them if they tried to get in their house. That's another reason the bad guys will stay in their territory - they know who lives there but they don't know who lives in a house outside their territory and they know damn well know we have guns.
In a state/city that controls guns or won't let people have guns, the bad guys win.
Absolutely, yes. I was thinking long term and you were speaking of the immediate short term. Missed that. Sorry.