Their goal was to have orange man bad act like a dictator and declare martial law last year and shut down the riots and then to use these events to turn the American public against Trump and go get more people on the side of the left / mainstream media. This never happened and tensions have continued to simmer. Meanwhile the big blue cities have continued to devolve into third world dystopian hell holes. It's possible the left has lost control of their own pets and things will keep escalating whether the left wants it to or not.

In summary, consider moving rural and definitely buy ammo.