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The Mob

During times of war, devistation or riot, people in their masses can become chaotic in nature and take matters into their own hands. Since the well known adage 'Strength in Numbers' is still true, huge numbers of people can become uncontrollable to the point that they destroy anything in their path with looting, killing, and explosions becoming commonplace. This thread is left for you to discuss what steps you can take to protect yourself and loved ones.

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An author (perhaps Steven King?) once called this the "crowd-animal." Somehow, within a crowd, there seems to be some kind of mental connection: where it starts is irrelevant, because the anger -- or evil or whatever you want to call it -- just seems to jump from person to person until all are caught up in the wave of emotion.

My first choice would be to avoid any kind of large public events where folks can get riled up, i.e. political rallies, demonstrations, and the like. But if you happened to attend something like this, my inclination would be to stay on the fringes of the crowd. If you can see things getting out of hand, leave quietly, and before the police arrive (if they are not already on the scene) because they can get caught up in it as well, trying to quell the violence. Innocent people can and do get hurt just by being there.

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Roz

The Mob History & Civil Business Politics

We are ruled by mob law, albeit in a more formal manner as we today live in democracies (aka mobocracies) where the philosophy goes that if a majority think something is right then they get their way and the minority suffer.

Mobs shall not decrease but shall increase until they have taken over the whole government...hmm, now who said that?


Dubhdara.

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Dubhdara, this thread takes the subject from a survival point of view (see board name) - not political. In other words, what precautious are necessary, should you stay indoors, arm yourself, leave the area, etc.

Mob The

During some riots and mob actions a few years ago in Los Angeles, some of the Korean shop owners stood out in the streets firing their personal weapons at the mob. I don't know how effective that was, but I am sure that I would probably do the same thing, if the opportunity was right.

Fleeing is, by far, the best alternative. Hiding is the next best. Fighting would have to be the last alternative, except to protect others. Of course, with a large mob like the Los Angeles riots, you would have to have some pretty impressive weapons to make any difference.

The Mob

Unless they have a gatling gun I am not sure if there would be enough bullets in a pistol or shotgun to handle a mob. Plus, is that even legal?

The Mob

I agree, that a handgun probably wouldn't have enough ammunition to be worthwhile.

It probably wasn't legal, but when such a situation arises, legality pretty much goes out the window. Protection of life and property takes precedence.

I kind of doubt that any of the shopkeepers were prosecuted, although there was film footage of them doing it. There were a lot of other prosecutions though.