Excellent article. You and other writers have touched on the "mental attitude" to survive these events and I believe that something which can't be taught.
Dealing with subjects who haven't prepared themselves and who want what you got is going to be a serious issue. No easy answer, except to remember there's a little one counting on you.
Dealing with subjects who haven't prepared themselves and who want what you got is going to be a serious issue. That's why it is critical for law abiding, moral citizens to stay armed. When governmental law enforcement is absent...you have to enforce the very basics yourself...such as, not stealing from others. Unarmed, you become defenseless.
The 2nd amendment is a good anti-dote for the interim until basic services can be restored, and in fact thereafter as well...to keep the governmental part in check as well (which is what it was intended for).