Being the grey man

[Reality Jones]

I am fully aware of what I can and will do to protect myself and those I care about.

As you rightly say it's those that have already lived a life of violence that cause the most concern. For most of us it will take a bit of time to adjust fully to the new violent world we find ourselves in but for a percentage of the population it will be business as usual.
Look at the violence during the recent riots. I have a lot of friends who live in Croydon and they were telling me the stuff that didn't make it on to the news or into the papers. People were being mugged at knife point and made to strip naked in the street, then the muggers were taking pictures of their naked terrified victims with their mobile phones.
A complete breakdown of society with little or no police or army presence is just another day at the office for these kind of people.
If, or should I say when, the shit hits the fan, for scum like that it's going to be like a million holidays have come at once and they've won the lottery all at the same time.
Me? I'm like a coiled spring waiting to go off, god help any man that gets in my way and tries to take what's mine.