Factions and Armaments and Super Long Tangents

[HaveCrowBarWillTravel]

Based on the map, the Colony is just a short distance from Los Alamitos. That city is home to a major California National Guard base, many times the size of the base previously referenced in Bell. Take a look at the aerial view on Google maps. You can see large lots full of Humvees, trucks and engineering equipment, a military airfield and ammo bunkers visibile, and large areas that have been blanked out that contain parking lots full of tanks and armored vehicles. The Colony shouldn't have had any problem stocking up on weapons or ammo there.

You also have LA Air Force base right down town LA. it's an Active duty installation.

[Nullifier]

the coast guard coming with rescue choppers taking only a few people at a time and giving people guns and ammo with every return,

Jesus dude you really do stretch reality to breaking point don't you!?
no way, not on this Earth would that ever happen, Public safety is handled by the Police, The National Guard, the Army & FEMA & all the other Alphabet Agencies, that is, the ones that aren't bolting for themselves, it wouldn't matter what the crisis was or how bad it got the Government's first priority is maintaining control.....for itself.

Can you just imagine the Gov dropping crates of M4's into the Superdrome at New Orleans post Katrina..... frakk me, even the Po-Lice were involved in the looting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmQW6xLECUU

which brings me to another point, in a WA situation you can bet that 95% of your criminal class ( not in custody) would go down in the first few hours because they'd be too busy looting, stupid is as stupid does.

[Cabbage Patch]

Can you just imagine the Gov dropping crates of M4's into the Superdrome at New Orleans post Katrina

As I recall, one of the main priorities of the government in Louisiana, post-Katrina, was to disarm the civilian population. Couldn't have those store and home owners defending themselves while the police were otherwise occupied.