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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Decoligny" data-source="post: 2910192" data-attributes="member: 41077"><p>I had a friend in California who went through this exact scenario.  He was in the middle of it all when the Rodney King riots started.  He was with his two adult children.  He immediately opened his toolbox, retrieved his .45 and two 9mm pistols.  He also had enough full magazines to take on a small army.  They didn't have to run anyone over, they didn't have to shoot anyone.  They did have to point their weapons at various times in order to convince the rioters that it wouldn't be healthy to try to pull them out of their vehicle.  They drove slowly, and maintained situational awareness, and after what seemed to them like an eternity (probably less than 1/2 hour), they made it to an on-ramp to a freeway.  They didn't care what freeway at the time, as they really just needed to be out of the riot zone.</p></blockquote><p></p>