In the movies, when there is some sort of disaster the National Guard comes out and says that anyone caught looting is subject to being shot. This is a bit of dramatic license; that’s not legal under current laws.
Trump would likely guarantee a 50-state sweep if he *did* make it legal. The video below shows just what’s going on… an71-year-old feller has his business (a mattress shop) set on fire by Mostly Peaceful Protestors, and when he tries to interfere, they try to murder him.
Looters assault an older business owner trying to defend his business in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 24, 2020. pic.twitter.com/LdlLnOpvfJ
— After Action Report (@after_theaction) August 25, 2020
This appears to be a GoFundMe to help the guy with medical expenses… and to relocate.
Difficult to argue that we’re not now in a civil war. The last time the lines were more or less geographical. This time, it’s ideological, with far leftists vs. everybody else. Right now, the American public is still not involved with putting this insurrection down, hoping that it will simply blow over. But with every day that it’s allowed to fester and burn, the likelihood that it will stop declines. At some point, it will become sufficiently self-sustaining that the only way it’ll end will be full-blown combat. Fortunately… it seems that the combat forces of the bad guys here are not exactly the sharpest tools in the shed: