[ChocChipCookie]

To play the devil’s advocate here in regards to rural retreats, the federal government knows those areas are already “hotbeds” of independent, freedom loving people. In the current political climate, they could easily declare large portions of privately owned lands to be “protected wetlands”, or the habitat of some obscure, but endangered, species. It wouldn’t take much to suddenly find your land claimed by the federal government ready to take it by force, if need be.

Your thoughts?

[djf]

Doubt it.

Government knows already it cannot control what, 15 million illegal immigrants?

If the SHTF, the government will focus on certain things:
The government itself
The large urban centers
The transportation corridors
The power generation and infrastructure facilities
The food movement and distribution networks

Government ain’t gonna give a squat about Joe-Bob sitting on his ten acres 100 miles from Podunk. Besides, I would bet that if anything big happens, government would kinda take it as granted that 75% of the people wouldn’t give a rats rear about any laws that get passed.

[Travis McGee]

Remote controlled drones also change the equation. We have found and killed 16 of the top 20 Al Queda leaders, and they were hiding very hard in the most remote parts of Pakistan. If during martial law our govt outlaws "hording" along with outlawing guns etc, they can just dial you up with a Predator and make an example of your fortress with a Viper or Hellfire missile.

In a CW2 situation, anyway.