Kill for food?

A couple years back, we gained some puppies. We already had 2 dogs, the puppies were somebodies "gift". We live in the country, a mom and pups ended up under our porch, when she saw us, she took off and we had puppies. Fortunately they were old enough to be on solid food. One big dish was good enough for all seven, but did cause consternation for our 2 older dogs. As the pups neared a year, we had progressively found other homes for all but 2. Now we had 4 canines. Feeding became a ritual with 4 distinct separate distant bowls. I emphasize distant because if they got closer than say 3 feet of each other, growling began. Without intervention a genuine serious fight would follow. Dog owners know all this and if you are willing to pay the vet bills to establish the hierarchy let'em work it out. I prefer to keep the peace. The point is, dogs like most animals will kill to get and keep food.

People are more civilized than that right? Go to Darfur or Samolia for 6 months and come back alive before you answer the question. Currently we fear the housing market crash here in America. If in the most unbelievable worst case-scenario the Dollar goes the way of the Dodo, some wise individuals will have foresight to store food in secure places in basements and such. This will be the life future of their family.

What will you do if your food stash is secure in the crawlspace and gun toting thugs threaten to enter your home to take what you have? Will you kill for food?