![]() ![]() Note: In most small-scale disasters, it is probably best to hunker down at home. *Because of legal reasons, I’m not going to tell you to go get a fake passport and travel documents, but if you need to flee via Mexico, Canada, or whatever country, it would really help to have another passport! Have vital documents packed, also known as an Emergency Binder.Choose a Bug Out Location, and map multiple routes and ways of getting there.Have a communication plan in place so you can get in touch with your family.Here is what you need to escape martial law quickly: Go at the first sign that things are getting bad. If you wait too long, you can expect roadblocks, random inspections, and they might even round you up and enlist you to “voluntary” military duty.Īs I’ve talked about many times here on Primal Survivor, you better be prepared to evacuate after a SHTF disaster. In the early hours of martial law, it might still be relatively easy to leave. No matter how much of a patriot you are, you better be prepared to flee! The best way to survive martial law is to escape it altogether. There is even a good part where you learn how to squeeze a fish to squirt the egg sacks out. There is a lot of useful survival advice in there – like that acorns, moths, and flowers are all edible. I just read a great book called The Orphan Master’s Son about a man living in North Korea. Or, read the defector stories of people who survived any dictatorship. I urge you to spend some time reading testimonies from people who survived these military dictatorships. Chile was in a military dictatorship until 1990. You’ll find no shortage of examples of modern military dictatorships. Ask the Hawaiians how “short termed” those 4 years under martial law felt! The only real difference between martial law and a military dictatorship is that one is supposed to be temporary. In fact, some cases of martial law – like martial law in Hawaii from 1941 to 1944 – were later declared a military dictatorship. There isn’t much difference between martial law and a military dictatorship. They round them up and take them to mass detention centers. They don’t torture protestors in the street. That is because all of the brutalities are happening behind closed doors. The streets were empty (thanks to curfew) and everything was quiet. Ironically, survivors of martial law will say that it was actually a seemingly “peaceful” time. ![]() Why look at martial law in the 1800s when we’ve got plenty of examples of modern-day martial law occurring right now? We can expect curfews, gun confiscation, random searches, mass roundup of people, and detentions.Ī lot of survival and prep websites talk about the history of martial law in the United States, and what we could expect if martial law were to occur again. The Legal Dictionary defines martial law as “an extreme and rare measure used to control society during war or periods of civil unrest or chaos.” It goes on to give some features of martial law, like how the government will use military force to take away civil liberties. If you are taking the steps of preparing for disasters like EMP, massive earthquakes, and economic collapse, then you better be preparing for the martial law which will follow. Whatever they call it, martial law is not something you want to live under (if you can even call it living at that point). The feds will likely call it something like “a state of emergency” or “national disaster.” Of course, it isn’t going to be called martial law.
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