As much as I see martial law as an eventual inevitablity, I can't see a total roundup of all stragglers in the boonies as being worth the effort for the gov't. They'll have to control the cities and with that, they'll have thier hands full. At least for a while they will. Since I live in the boonies already, I hope to have time to ponder my next move.

OTOH if they start out going after everybody no matter where they are, we're all screwed. Technology is just too great. Then again, they can't find Osama.

"3 submit and spend the rest of your life as slave labourer is not an option. Escape & evade is the best option, why get into a shoot out unless you are cornered and out of options. Now is the time to find places to hide out if the shtf.

How do we get back to normal? First, I suggest procuring the uniform of one of these officers, as well as multiple disguises to help blend if you have to travel. False Id's would help to go along with the disguise.

Remember that if you have children or significant others in schools or other government facilities that you may not be able to get to them before the cops or military. What do you do if you have someone you care for in the camps? Try to rescue them? Hope their captors never find out about you?

When 9/11 happened I was really convinced that martial law would be declared.
At that time, I lived in Boise Idaho and there were so many rumors going around that the West Coast was going to be hit and Seattle was either already hit or they suspected it was about to be hit..
I was at work at HP when all this went down, just started there to but when the towers began to fall, i took that as my cue to leave work and pick my son up from his 2nd grade class..
Luckily, obviously, it didnt happen but I am still convinced that when the next terrorist action happens, staged or not, the entire country will be placed on lockdown..
When that happens you WILL come to know Blackwater USA very well

Honestly I think that martial law will occur when something so big happens that it pretty much takes out the majority of the population. There's just not enough man power to round up every one. So something has to happen first.

In such an event I'm prepared. No criminal background as fare as I know not enough military experience to clean a weapon, I’m already a laborer and not much of a threat to any one so I've got all bases covered so fare.


[edit on 17-10-2007 by pweagle]

I have heard that "The Man" has been building prisons in the U.S. to hold Americans who "get in the way" and also that the U.S. Government has missles pointed at major U.S. cities that might start an uproar,Has anybody else heard these rumors? If and When Martial Law hits Im wondering how we can start an organized rebellion, Im all about survival, but I would rather fight in a resistance than run and hide while they gain more power.Im wondering if the Government can really do round ups, We out number any force that might come to collect, unless were talking about other countries armys geting involved. If the man ever starts doing nation wide firearm roundups then we know for sure whats coming next, Thank God we have our guns....Scratch that..Thank our Founding Farhers we have our guns.