Life will change drastically when martial law is declared.
When this happens, the rule of law will be thrown out the window as the authorities take control and enforce their will with military and law enforcement.
There will be a suspension of civil rights, military tribunals in place of civilian courts, media censorship, and an imposed curfew where individuals are only allowed outside at certain times to control the movement of the population.
There may also be a mass confiscation of firearms, food, water, first aid supplies, and other essentials so the authorities can control the population more effectively as well.
Martial law is usually declared in response to a major catastrophe, such as a natural disaster, enemy invasion, or mass societal unrest. Regardless of the situation, there are certain plans you will want to avoid at all costs when martial law is declared.
Here are the top places you don’t want to be when martial law is declared:
Urban Centers
Cities always pose a higher risk during martial law because this is where the increased law enforcement and military presence will be strongest. The elevated population density can result in more significant challenges, including movement restrictions, shortages of essential resources, and a higher potential for civil unrest.
Ideally, you should avoid being in cities at all times during martial law. If you are in a city, avoid areas in the city that attract more people.
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Government Facilities
This includes areas that are surrounding government buildings, military bases, or law enforcement headquarters as they will all become focal points for security measures and potential civil disturbances during martial law.
That’s because the military will seek to secure any government buildings first before proceeding with the rest of the city. When martial law is declared, expect to see a very heavy security presence around military buildings.
Protest Hotspots
Societal unrest that local law enforcement is unable to control could be a potential cause for martial law to be declared.
That’s why locations with a history of frequent protests or civil demonstrations will experience heightened tensions during martial law as the military will move in to control demonstrations and protests.
Avoiding these areas becomes crucial to reducing the risk of getting caught up in potential unrest.
Transportation Hubs
Airports, train stations, and major transportation hubs will also face increased security and restrictions during martial law. That’s because the military will work to contain the local population within the area where martial law has been declared.
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Any airports, train stations, or bus stations operating within that area will be shut down, and any roads leading out of the city will be blocked off as well.
Critical Infrastructure Sites
This includes facilities like power plants, water treatment plants, and communication centers that are considered critical infrastructure. In an effort to control the population, the military will take control over these centers, and in extended martial law situations they will likely control how much power and water each household is able to receive.
Media Outlets
This includes locations housing media outlets, including television stations, radio stations, and newspaper offices as the military will work to take control over the local media and the flow of information.
Border Regions
Areas near national borders will also face intensified security measures during martial law. For example, if martial law were declared anywhere along the United States-Canadian border, the entire border area adjacent to the area where martial law is declared would be shut down and posted with a stronger force of military and border patrol units.
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The same will most likely apply to travel between states as well. On a larger scale where martial law is declared across the country, movement in and out of the country will be restricted if not shut down completely.
Commercial Centers
The military will take control over shopping malls, grocery stores, and other general stores so they can control the supply of food and other essential items.
Make sure that you are fully stockpiled with everything you need before martial law is declared so you don’t find yourself running into your local shopping market in a hurry. Hundreds if not thousands of people will be doing the same thing and you don’t want to become swept up in the chaos.
Hospitals and Medical Clinics
The military will also take control over hospitals, healthcare facilities, and clinics in your area.
Not only will this make access to medical services challenging, but it also means you’ll want to steer clear of hospitals as much as possible.
Given the inevitable scarcity of medical services, it will be crucial to prioritize self-reliance in healthcare. Start by stockpiling essential medicines, particularly antibiotics. These medications are often not available over the counter, but you can learn here the only way to accumulate a supply of antibiotics without a prescription.
Known Prepper Communities
Any communities that are known for openly engaging in prepping activities or militias are sure to attract attention by the government during times of unrest and martial law.
That’s because the government will view these kinds of communities and militias as a potential threat to their control. Instead, you should aim to maintain a low profile.
Schools and Educational Institutions
Schools, colleges, and universities will also face disruptions and security measures during martial law.
The schools may or may not become shut down completely depending on the scope of the situation, but either way they are sure to face an increased military and law enforcement presence.
Tourist Hotspots
Any tourist hotspots in your area will likely become shut down when martial law is declared, and any people in these hotspots at the time the military arrives are likely to be rounded up and escorted out. Any travelers or tourists just visiting the area may or may not be allowed to leave.
If you’ve noticed a common theme here, it’s that most of the worst areas to be in when martial law is declared are in cities and densely populated areas.
Think carefully about the institutions, buildings, and areas that the military will want to take control of and avoid those areas. The safest place you can be when martial law happens is in your own home.
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You just better be ready, because it should happen this year. They have to do something stupid, so trump can’t become president.
They know there asses are on the line.
Watch out for all the weak people, remember, there only there to help you,, die…….
You will know them by there way. The way you, will not want to go, lo the death camp.
TRUST is everything…
stay sharp
If and when pedo biden does initiate martial law, that will put an end to any election process. Should he do that, then I would hope the Patriots is country will stand up and revolt allowing this to happen. Our military took an oath to up hold the Constitution and that means to protect the American people. I do not see them fighting against the United States citizens but against the terrorist of the government.
This military has taken real patriotic military personnel in the general ranks and substituted indoctrinated Marxist. Special Forces are our back up. The old military would frag their leaders of stupid orders. Today with the lower standards to meet quotas.
We got not so patriotic troops in the mix. So these indoctrinated troops would follow a hair sniffing president pedo to do UN-American activities. We need to clean house physically, morally, spiritually and politically.
God bless America!
Jeff:
The military took the oath, but their leaders may have crossed their fingers and lied.
All the Deep State, agencies, politicians have faked the oath and do evil against the American citizens. Bush, Clinton’s, Obama and Biden for sure have skipped their lawful duties to protect the legal Americans from foriegn and domestic threats.
They want to ban all private owned guns and eliminate the Second Amendment for sure. Forget the 10 commandments they don’t exist in their Marxist upbringings as American leaders either.
Good point! They took an oath to defend the “PEOPLE/HUMANS” What happens when many cannot claim that they are humans?! Last I understand is that after the vaccination humans are no longer considered humans their DNA 🧬 were tampered with. That puts all human rights claims to rest. Just stating
This article is about what is happening right now not in the future.
It all started with then senator Biden. Continued with VP Biden and Divider In Chief Obama, now President Obama running Biden’s show behind the scene or the Wizard of OZ curtain. To transform America into a Marxist country.
We are now in a benevolent form of Martial Law today, this minute, look at what they have done to Trump.
obammy could not run a circle jerk without a cadence. Snif boy takes his directions from pervert deep state/cabal just as every president in the past has ommitting Trump who through a wrench in their little take over plans.
More fear mongering.
Nothings going to happen, calm down.
SI VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM
If you want peace, prepare for war.
That’s what is known as normalcy bias
TROLL HOLE!
Why are you on a prep site if “nothing is going to happen”? How can you be so blind?
Lisa, the Bible is very clear there will be a cashless society and a one world government. Things will happen. It happened less than 100 years ago with the rise of The Nazi party. The only thing stopping implementation is the citizens of the USA. Take them out and this country collapses. When the USA collapses the world upheaval will be like nothing ever seen. It’s written and we will have bad things happen. To prepare or not prepare are the two options. Wishing it away won’t work.
So claims the sheep as she willingly walks to the slaughter house.
Got to agree with you, Trump went in cold turkey his first terms and got hit with everything they could through at him. Now, he knows how it works, knows all the tricks and traps, knows what a true ally looks like (and you might not like them) and a Traitor in Friends clothing…they better pray he doesn’t get a second term because he’s coming into this one eyes open and a list of names. If they thought he did damaged last time, imagine what he’s going to do with them now that he’s not a nube, but a battle hardened veteran
Pretty sure much of the military now is woke and will follow the Dems orders.
Your mother performs with a donkey in a dive bar down in Tijuana chump.
what an ass
Reading the bible verses all day will not get us out of this hair sniffers mess. We need to have action, as in the bible stories, those patriots did not quote their bible they were men and women of action. They did what was needed to fix their countries before their nations would fail.
Today Biden and Obama’s interjection of subterfuge tearing down the Constitution like the 1 & 2 Amendments to make us dependent on government. Then depend and worship our God giving rights of America.
This 2024 presidential election is our tipping point or break even point, if we live free or submit to evil.
God bless America!
It’s trump wants an authoritarian government he said he wanted to get rid of the constitution.
Stop drinking from the hose.
OMG where did you hear that????
Drinking from the hose?? What does that mean in this post??
You need help Lisa
Drinking from a Chinese made rubber hose from the Ohio train track chemical derailment made you a troll.
Your reading comprehension leaves a lot to be desired. If you, like most leftists, construe Trump’s statement to mean it is HE who will scrap the Constitution, your teachers and you have failed yourself.
Hi Lisa , I’m guessing now ….you watch CNN…and mourning Joe….for your dose of truthful news ????? You know there’s usually two sides or more to a story…..if you want to know the truth…Or who knows…you just might say that …just to get some attention, But i believe that lies take Humanity no where….I once read….That when you think you know the only truth you just stopped learning…..Something like that….any way thanks for your 2 cents worth. Any way martial law does not sound very fun…..bugging out in the winter sounds worse to me…I’m staying home…and fight for my little piece of land that i worked all my life for.
I’ll need a source for that statement that he said he wanted to get rid of the Constitution.
I’m sorry we all heard him say it. Do you guys not have a memory or is it selective? Oh and he said it before AI so you know it was real.
I don’t think thats one of Trumps campaign promises……If it is ….Most of the dems will vote for him……
Then Senator Biden , changed the student loan program from a no interest loan to a interest loan program . The Dem’s caused the student loan problems for students not able to payback the high interest loans , they are screwed .
Just take off all the interest on every student loan and keep making these payments , eventually most will be doctors and lawyers , who will be charging us high prices for their high standards of living . While we taxpayers still pay for their student loans . Make cents to us all .
That is why martial law could happen as people get tired of being fleeced by a corrupt government .
God bless
I read several years ago that Military people were asked if they would shoot American Citizens and a lot of them said yes, and they were black, think about it. Only read this report one time and never saw it again. but the Government would shut it down to stop the word getting out, if in fact it is true. I believe it was during the first Obama administration.
I’m willing to bet that Many Americans would shoot you free of charge
I look at this thread year after year and you guys say the same stuff over and over and over. The sky is falling, ahhh, better watch your neighbor, he may steal your food or use your dog for meat. And while we are at it lets blame the government, sounds kind of like a cop out to me. You do realize that you are responsible for your own health and wellbeing, not the government, and if you are over 20, not your mamma, you are. Do you think that you and I may just be the problem, causing problems?
It would be nice to see some positive advice here instead of political hooo haaa. That kind of stuff is just too easy, and as you well know it just does not make a difference. It probably should start with me, a good way to start.
Dream on, Still Dreaming, you probably never severed in the military and probably voted democrat all your life because your parents did.
Liberals vote the same way every time expecting a different outcome.
Liberals stay inside their echo cambers, they like to stir up trouble just like the trolls do here.
What are you doing about any of this stuff going?
Hi Chuck. No never served and I always wonder if I should have. A regret. My uncle serve 2 tours in Vietnam and was a staunch republican. Parents were not really involved in politics so did not really teach us to vote for a party. I vote either side and vote for the person usually, not the party, so it’s usually about 50/50 counting senate and house races.
I am prepped to about 20% of where you guys seem to be and have what seems to be a more positive outlook on humanity than what I read here. I am in my 60s and as a former scout always try to be prepared to have enough to take care of my household. it is good to be knowledgeable, armed to a certain level, and I have a real dread (not fear) of having to kill someone who is out to harm me or mine. So I would rather think of solutions to issues that I can make a difference in.
And you are correct about the echo chambers, and those chambers dumb down all who use them. It’s not reality.
Still Dreaming,
Your still a liberal troll looser by any definition.
“If You Are Not a Liberal When You Are Young, You
Have No Heart, and If You Are Not a Conservative
When Old, You Have No Brain.”
You bow down and consent to liberalism as your god, not the true GOD the rest of us pray to.
Still dreaming is Lisa Blake in disguise, goodby Lisa, nice try!
You can start by jumping off an overpass onto a busy interstate highway.
I’m not a conspiracy theorist but I have to wonder why the government is inviting the millions of illegal aliens into the country. Could it be that they will conveniently foment a choreographed uprising and declare martial law just in time to cancel the elections in November. They can’t seem to be able to stop President Trump any other way.
The truth hurts the liberals, currently in this year border patrol has seen a very high increase in terrorist watch Lister’s flooding the open border. You liberals really think they are coming for work, food and shelter, guess again?
There’s gonna open a whole big ass can of worms if they actually try this! 2A people will take over. There’s enough of us that it’s prevented this country from ever being invaded (except for today’s daily border invasion). Foreign powers know better. Red Dawn (both versions) and the Wolverines will look like child play compared to what this country’s gun owners will unleash.
You do t know Jack you worthless Obidenbutt sniffer.
Why are you being so ugly? Where does all that anger come from? You might be able to find some peace with Jesus at your side.
Yes martial law under the nasty BADun would be really stupid and ugly, but seriously do you think all the millions of invading rabble are going to pay a bit of attention to the Evil old fools dictates! No the real danger will be complete break down of all laws that is what the anarchists destroyers are really pushing for!
Biden the front man for Obama with the help of the Chinese nationals bringing in fentanyl to add to the Chinese pot grown here on American soil, dumb dopers.
It is not only the Mexican drug cartels profiting from drugs anymore.
We have too many bad dudes coming to the open border foe bad intentions.
Is Hunter’s stripper baby really China Joe’s baby instead?
Hunter is too much into drugs to keep it up. Looking back on high society, Kings an Queens usually in Europe were interrelated. The concept continues in Hollywood and many of our politicians are related by 6 degrees of separation.
This country has turned into low testosterone males wanting to be females.
The water occurring in lakes, rivers and ocean water are polluted with female dumped down the toilet sewer water laced with estrogen chemicals. This lowers the males to produce more females than males to continue a strong male population.
The whole government needs to be rebuilt not just have a shutdown of the American government.
Michael Jacksin is a known pedo that paid parents to sleep with him. How far down the rabbit hole go in Hollywood and the Deep State?
Trolls here need not apply to comment, thank you.
Many people have died telling the truth of exposure.
The truth is out there.
Maggy,
I agree Jackson paid parents for his pedo joys with the kids to have sleep overs.
How long did this go on before the public knew about this?
What is really going on in Hollywood today, the films stink on ice?
What happened to Jacksin’s kids?
What happened to Michael’s kid sleep overs, are they in mental healthcare or did they do a suicide?
The men in my family have all served in the military, we are democrats, we all have guns, won’t give them up either. We are all for the death penalty, especially for people that hurt, kill kids. Not one of us has ever been on public assistance, we want immigration control, and think illegal immigrants that commit crimes should be punished harshly. We disagree on abortion, but do go to church, we have friends on both sides of the political spectrum, we don’t care for extreme left or right. We pray that we can come together as a country, and realize that there are country’s/people out there that wish the USA harm and they are the ones that deserve our fear/hate not our neighbors. So please try not to lump half the population into “ one group” we as Americans are so much more then left or right.
What does going to church prove? Obviously for you, if you still think murdering a creation from God is ok then you’re just going to church as a social activity. But the good news is there’s still time to repent. Maybe.
Anyone claims allegiance to a political party is not an American , democrat.
Need to read it better, I did not say that I was pro abortion, I am sorry you are so angry, please know I will pray for you.
To sum up the message, don’t be in the city or around all the things that go with it. Also be a grey man, I can agree with that. If martial law is implemented you will be outmanned and outgunned, all you can do is not be of interest to them or far enough removed that you don’t become involved with the the authorities or their enforcers. My first chose is to shelter in place, second is to relocate further out, a distant last is to get on the bus. It ain’t happening!!!
One has to ask oneself one very important question, “Will it be worth living on this planet once the collapse begins?”.
Civilization has collapsed and rebuilt itself many times on this planet – both large and small countries as well as planetary – they seem to be regular cycles, just look at the last several thousand years of recorded history. Collapse happens when psychopaths get into positions of power, as we are now witnessing. We do not know where our current path will take us, whether sanity will prevail or not; but what we do need to keep in mind is that we need to keep our own heads together no matter what. Remember that psychopaths cannot finish what they start (they need ordinary – though corrupted – people to carry out their plans), and when they fail they will try to take as many people with them as possible on the way down. All tyrannies/totalitarian regimes eventually fail since they cannot sustain themselves – hopefully sooner than later – as recent history has shown. What we need to do now is create as many self sustaining communities as possible, based on bartering and with people of many and all needed skills to carry out all the functions of successful communities: building, farming, manufacturing, schooling, libraries, trading, etc – I’m sure you get the idea. Some of these communities may not make it, but many may; and they will be needed to rebuild civilization. The point I’m trying to make is: do not chuck in the towel as you may be need to create our future – just as many of those who came before us did. “There is no such thing as failure, just lack of persistence.”
TAL, There is no situation (short of a planet killing asteroid or global nuclear war) that you can’t live in relative comfort if you’re adequately prepared for it. That being said, I’m not sure that I would want to live in an underground bunker for 2 years either.
Even if they used every U.S. soldier and police officer, then brought in the U.N. to help, they’d barely have enough manpower to “martial law” more than a half dozen large Walmarts, let alone every town and road in a nation that’s the size of 50 European countries. It would be very limited and localized at best.
I suspect that may be why they are trying to introduce 15 minute cities and hope that local communities will police themselves in the hope of saving the planet from (anthropogenic) climate change. Make sure there are no wokish folk in your local councils and governments, they seem to be pushing these unscientific things.
Not hardly but you certainly would.
Your mother licks a donkey during her nightly dive bar performance in Tijuana.
The trolls are out in force, many are retreaded trolls like Lisa, Just me, Vote for Bite me or let’s go Brandon!
We trolls love the Antichrist, he is coming to rule us!
Your all what we expected to be and supporters of the deep state pulling Biden’s puppet strings.
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