I would build my base in a home depot preferably in a large shopping complex near the outskirts of a city take it over with a gang of some what skilled people.(no lawyers or politicians) A home depot or any large hardware shop would provide lumber ,weapons,tools cooking fuel and bbq's and loads of batteries.homes and near by shops could looted for food.

Which part of above the law did you not get. Their punishment is time off with pay. Must be a way of disabling it without damage it must require a power source.