So How In The Hell Are You Going To Declare Martial Law NOW?

If you were paying close attention, you might be able to recall that the possibility of declaring martial law in the U.S. has been raised more that a few times.
America’s current economic turmoil has been used as the reasoning behind such a scheme.
The people who raise the possibility claim that we may see runs on banks, food riots, or plain old civil unrest as justification for such an action.
Then you have the folks like me, who reason that such a scenario would be a perfest excuse to try and disarm law-abiding American citizens.

But the zealots behind this scheme have, as usual, overlooked one small but vital detail.
In order for such a plan to work, you need the active cooperation of both law enforcement and the U.S. military.
A bunch of overweight, video game playing high school kids from a “Civilian Defense Corps” aren’t going to get the job done, even if you do dress them in brownshirts.

The bad news for these power-hungry mainiacs is a group that calls themselves the Oath Keepers.
Tens of thousands of members of the military have already signed on, with thousands more joining each day.
The following is a declaration of what the members of the Oath Keepers have pledged:

1. We will NOT obey any order to disarm the American people.

2. We will NOT obey any order to conduct warrantless searches of the American people, their homes, vehicles, papers, or effects – such as warrantless house-to house searches for weapons or persons.

3. We will NOT obey any order to detain American citizens as “unlawful enemy combatants” or to subject them to trial by military tribunal.

4. We will NOT obey orders to impose martial law or a “state of emergency” on a state, or to enter with force into a state, without the express consent and invitation of that state’s legislature and governor.

5. We will NOT obey orders to invade and subjugate any state that asserts its sovereignty and declares the national government to be in violation of the compact by which that state entered the Union.

6. We will NOT obey any order to blockade American cities, thus turning them into giant concentration camps.

7. We will NOT obey any order to force American citizens into any form of detention camps under any pretext

8. We will NOT obey orders to assist or support the use of any foreign troops on U.S. soil against the American people to “keep the peace” or to “maintain control” during any emergency, or under any other pretext. We will consider such use of foreign troops against our people to be an invasion and an act of war.

9. We will NOT obey any orders to confiscate the property of the American people, including food and other essential supplies, under any emergency pretext whatsoever.

10. We will NOT obey any orders which infringe on the right of the people to free speech, to peaceably assemble, and to petition their government for a redress of grievances.

I have to tell you that #8 is my particular favorite.

And there is one other thing to keep in mind.
There are literally MILLIONS of us average, everyday citizens who will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the members of the Oath Keepers in order to keep America the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Click here to learn more about the Oath Keepers

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