I have never been a rioter, or do I plan to be.
As to unloaded weapons, the idiots doing the rioting don't necessary know that?
Doing riot control training, and we did not get called to do any, thankfully, in the US Army Reserve in 68, or 69, the bad summers. Even with the covers on a bayonets, a trained team of stomping soldiers, bayonets fixed in, "V" formation is a chilling experience.
