re: How soon until something really bad pops off? And what happens after?

It'd have to pop-off in rural middle America for there to be complete escalation towards a Civil War and a point of no return to normalcy.

That ain't happening.

They're a bunch of non-confrontational cowards & pussies looting shops on blocks where police ain't and setting fires to empty buildings & empty vehicles in large liberal cities, not in 2A strongholds.