BHM: Great post. Notes:

<The AG gets it, he really does>
Yep, sharp as a mash potato sandwich this gem of an AG is. Mitch McConnell, love him or hate him, we need to give daily praise to God that Senator McConnell almost single handedly kept dimwitted Garland off the USSC.

<$950 'shopping' limit>
Here, in So Cal, we even have captured on video at least one entrepreneurial duo where one does the shopping, and his bud carefully tallies the take on his calculator, making sure they don't exceed $950! And we thought these thugs weren't intelligent!

<No solution? I can't think of one?>
I'm so old I remember when the rule was: "Shoot looters on sight". IIRC, it was moderately successful. Looting was 'minimal', to turn a phase. Some years back (I disremember. LA Watts riots? LA Rodney King riots? Great fun and games riots?) An LA Korean biz owner stood guard over his shop with a shot gun. For some reason, his shop came thru unscathed; prolly just a coincidence. FWIW: He never had to fire a shot, IIRC.