The British Government is preparing for more crime because of tough economic times. Gordon Brown wrote in the News of the World in September 2008: "We know that, historically, in tough economic times, there has been a rise in crimes of violence and theft.”

Safety Director of the Columbus, Ohio Police Department, Mitchell Brown said in September 2008: “From a law enforcement perspective, we expect that, when there are difficult economic times, criminals get more bold than during better economic times,"

Regular Army Troops, not National Guard, are now training in Georgia for possible deployment against civil unrest in the USA. These are not National Guard, but regular Army of the First Brigade Combat Team. Is this a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act? According to Maj. Craig T. Trebilcock, U.S. Army Reserve, it is not. He wrote:

“The erosion of the Posse Comitatus Act through Congressional legislation and executive policy has left a hollow shell in place of a law that formerly was a real limitation on the military’s role in civilian law enforcement and security issues. The plethora of constitutional and statutory exceptions to the act provides the executive branch with a menu of options under which it can justify the use of military forces to combat domestic terrorism. Whether an act of terrorism is classified as a civil disturbance under 10 U.S.C., 331–334, or whether the president relies upon constitutional power to preserve federal functions, it is difficult to think of a domestic terrorism scenario of sizable scale under which the use of the military could not be lawfully justified in view of the act’s erosion. The act is no longer a realistic bar to direct military involvement in counter terrorism planning and operations. It is a low legal hurdle that can be easily cleared through invocation of the appropriate legal justification, either before or after the fact.”

Now, based on civil unrest that could occur in the USA, some of the training the 3rd Brigade will undergo consists of ‘non-lethal’ force. This is something that the Founding Fathers would never have considered. Full time regular Army would be trained incase they had to engage civilians in the USA. If there were no threat, there would be no troops training for civil unrest! 

Over history, wars have been fought to better one society by taking what another society has. The French Revolution was fought to better the lower class. They fought and took control of France because the Upper Class had all the food and privileges. This is similar to what could take place in the USA. The Middle Class could rebel because the U.S. Government and their elected officials are not doing what their sworn oath says they should do.

In dangerous situations, a person cannot depend on any agency of the Government to protect them. An example is what happened in Louisiana during Hurricane Katrina. Police officers took care of their own families. This should not be unusual for anyone to understand. They did what they felt they needed to do in dangerous times. So, if history shows that in bad economic times crime goes up, you need to take steps to protect yourself and your loved ones from harm.

President Obama has caused a lot of distrust in the U.S. Government.  Much more than other U.S. Presidents.  His form of social government has a lot of Veterans and other groups opposed to his management of the United States.  Czars now report only to his administration,  These Czars are not even approved or veted by the U.S. House or U.S. Senate.  This is wrong and most Americans know it.  A deep split has occurred between the Democratic and Republican Parties because of the way HE has purshed HIS rules on the American Public.  Bailouts of private companies, hugh amounts of money to enfoce his mandates even when the bulk of the American Citizens oppose these mandates.  In the new health law that Obama initiiated, these is a provision that calls for 16,000 I.R.S. Agents to enforce HIS mandates over the bulk of businesses in the country.  Now when it is important to create jobs, the Obama Administration is using the I.R.S. to enforce the mandates of HIS administration.  Armed resistance is heard accross America.

Most of the people who once wore a uniform of any branch of the U.S. Military, fought to stop other countires from doing this to their citizens what is now happening in the United States of America.  Under OBAMA, these I.R.S. Agents are being called the current era Gestapo.  Because of this, more and more groups are popping up accross the United States of American to oppose this Administration.  Armed resitance is being called on by some of these groups.

How many times has a neighbor borrowed something from you? Now multiply that one neighbor by an additional 500 people wanting something from you. That is a reasonable number of people within a one mile radius of your home that might want something you possess. Now consider that these people will not ask you for anything. They will take what they want. Are you currently prepared to stop them? Food, clothing, medicine, tools, are just some of the things others might want from you. This is what happens during Anarchy. Even before it gets this bad, some will try and steal things from you for drugs, or to pawn for money. This happens every day and in most cases, these people will bring violence to your doorsteps. Don’t prepare for their arrival, and your calls for help will fall on deaf ears. You will become food for this vermin.  Between the years of 2005-2006, government statistics show that there were 134,385 robberies (Department of Justice, robbery cases, table 6), 72,051 of these robberies were armed robberies. If you intend to stop someone from robbing you, it is not going to happen because you have a phone in your hands calling the police. It will be because you had prepared for them. You were faster, smarter, and had a bigger gun plus more ammo than the robbers. Wars and conflicts between nations, societies, gangs, etc., are not won with words. They are won in a bitter struggle that in most cases, has the winners with the larger cache of ammunitions and weapons.

The Watts Riots is a good example of what can happen during a period of Anarchy. The people who were not prepared to defend themselves became victims of the aggressors. Robberies, thefts, rapes, mutilations, and killings, happened every day. The police were not in the area because it was too violent. Those who had weapons were able to fight back and survived.

Of all the businesses that were ransacked then burned, what businesses survived? Those that were owned by Koreans. They were prepared to fight back against their attackers. They defended their lives and property from the aggressive acts of the mob. If you want to protect yourself, your family, and your home, you need the tools and mindset to do the job. If you only depend on the police for your protection, you have no one to blame when you look into the eyes of your attacker before he or she sticks their knife into your throat. After you and your family are gone, others will say how unfortunate and meaningless your deaths were. Then they will go back to their own lives and forget about you within a short period of time. Only you can make the decision to survive in violent times. Nothing might occur but if it does, you will have done what your family expects of you. Provide them with security and safety from predators.

Some people still have the misunderstanding that it is the DUTY of police to protect them. The courts have ruled that this is not the case. Their duty is to enforce laws whenever possible. They do a great job but, there are not enough people in law enforcement even if they tried to protect everyone. They usually respond when called after something has occurred. Although it sometimes happens, it is unusual for anyone in law enforcement to stop a crime before it occurs.

During civil unrest, the state has the ability to activate the National Guard to help keep the peace. Because of wars and lower numbers in the Guards, their help will be reduced. Also, these are individuals who have their own families. During the riots in New Jersey in 1968, the Guard was activated after spending the mandatory two years on active duty. A large number spent the 2 years in Viet Nam. 

New Jersey was in flames. Police were being shot at. The Guard was activated to reduce the violence. However, after Vietnam, some Guard members elected to stay with their families to protect them. Other Guard members did not object or blame them for not putting their uniform back on. So, if you sit back and believe that in times of civil unrest, you will be protected by Government Agencies, your fate is sealed.

You try and raise children to be smart, kind, and respectful of others. You work to teach them right from wrong like your family did for you. However, not everyone tries to do the same for their children.

It is unfortunate but when children of dysfunctional families become adults, most do not have the same morals and the ability to decipher right from wrong. They function based on what they want. If you have what they want, you are just an obstacle in their way from getting what they believe they should have. Even if you give them what they want, most times they want more. Because of this problem, you have to teach your family about survival and the unfortunate truth that no matter what it takes, they must consider the family unit above all else. This is especially true because of the number of people in our society who have been imprisoned and have become even more hardened because of their incarceration. These people will become the top of the food chain during riots and civil unrest. They will be the leaders of the pack. If you have not prepared yourself and your family to deal with these predators, you will not survive. Survival should be taught to every family member just like reading, and the basics necessary in a normal society. Anarchy is not a normal society.

Members of military Special Forces Units go through isolation periods before and after military engagements. Before they are deployed, the survival and kill psychological agenda is re-embedded in their minds so they can do their mission and survive. After they return and before they are released back into society, they are again isolated to bring them off the kill mode and back to a level to live within a normal society. Sometimes this does not work and you read stories about a returning soldier who has killed a member of their family or a stranger because of something they did to them or, what they felt they had to do in order to survive. It is hard to try and explain this type of mindset to someone who has never been in a situation where they were close to death because of the actions of another person.

Try and think about this scenario. When the door bell rings at your home, you normally go to the door ask who is there, and then open the door. One day you hear the door bell ring. You thought it was your son who forgot his key, but when you opened the door, two masked men holding knives, push you back into your house. One of them is also holding a handgun. Before you can scream, you are stabbed and shot. You run to the bedroom to try and wake your husband up but, the men follow you and shoot your husband. While they do this, you are able to sneak out of the room to where your husband has stored a pistol. For years you told him you did not want a gun in the home but now, you are looking for one to stay alive.

You find the pistol but you are shaking so bad, you are not sure if you could hit an elephant. The masked men have realized you are missing from the room. They are now hunting for you. You catch one of them by surprise and shoot all of the bullets in his direction. You hit him but, he is still moving and there is still another one of them in the house and, you are out of bullets. This is what actually happened in Florida when an average homeowner opened her door. Although she survived, she now keeps steel bars on her windows, pistols all over the house, and does not even think about opening her doors without looking at the monitors in her home to see who is at the door.

Her brief experience developed her mindset about survival. Do you want a similar experience before you start thinking about your own survival?. One of the first things you must do is create the need for survival in each family member and why it is important. Remember that your children have not experienced what you have in you lifetime. Getting their minds ready is very important for the total family unit.

One of the easiest ways to begin the survival mode of thinking that your family needs, is to have a ‘survival’ room. You will have the necessary tools for survival in the room. You also go over the reason why the room is there, and why it is important for the family members to get there in an emergency. By explaining why the room is necessary, you are able to bring up the mode of survival and why the survival tools are in the room. You are not telling any member of the family to kill anyone or try and hurt anyone but, when explaining the reasons behind the room, natural instinct starts to work within their minds. You have begun to eliminate their ‘everyone is my friend attitude’. This will allow you to start the training mode to prepare them for what might happen in the future.

                                                                                     

                                                                           This is a good example of a safety room with a good door. 
                                                                           No handles or knobs on the door. The lock is controlled by a 
                                                                 panel inside the door that also has a manual lock incase there is no electicity.


· Use solid core or a metal door for the entrance. Use a heavy-duty 1” throw bolt lock on door. Close when all family members are inside. If possible, use a sliding door without any handles or knobs [see photo].

· Land-line and cell phone.

· Crank flashlights and crank radio + battery flashlight and battery radio [extra batteries a must].

· Air horn or alarm that can be heard by neighbors and if possible, blinking strobe lights outside the home so neighbors can place the alarm with the location of the strobe lights.  Fire extinguisher incase intruders try and burn you out of the room.

· Water and MRE’s / at least a 3 day supply or longer, and vitamins. Some comfort food like candy .

· Medical supplies for injuries including any medicine that is required by family members. Important is some ‘quick seal’ that will stop bad bleeding until treated.

· Shotgun and ammunition for primary weapon.

· Additional handguns and ammo for each family member old enough to know how to shoot.

· Try and have a ‘window’ in the room, and an escape ladder to hang from the window.

· Toilet paper, towelettes, liquid soap, feminine supplies, plastic bucket with tight lid for human waste if there is no bathroom in the room, and plastic bags.

· Reading material including some prayer books.