Why in the heck did nobody bring up the very real potential of looting?
That would be my biggest fear in any large metropolitan area, if this event had happened in the LosAngeles area instead of in the NY area I wouldn't be too surprised if certain portions of the filth that reside in LA decided to start rioting and looting. Hell, they were worried about it to some extent in NYC but atleast humanity prevailed there, I have no clue whether it would work down in the jungles of LA or not.
That would be my primary reason for loading up, in case some group of nutballs down in LA started acting up(say there are just enough supporters of the terrorists to get things rialed up), the potential for a powderkeg igniting down in that area is just too high. It would be reason enough for me to keep a gun loaded at all times in the first place but having an incident take place like what happened yesterday, I'd just make sure that it was within arms reach so that I wouldn't have to physically leave the room to go get it.
Maybe it needs to be explained to those morons in that fashion?