Did you read about the NYC power outage earlier this month? People lost their minds and I think it was 6 hours.
Collectivists are collectivists for a reason. If they could find individual solutions to problems they wouldn't need massive gov. There's a tactical lesson here for both sides and I don't think it would it take any longer than a couple of weeks.
Of course this didn't stop Stalin from starving 10M farmers while simultaneously forcing them to feed Russia. Difference being who had the guns. Which is why they want semi-auto rifles banned and not handguns.