When people lose everything and they have nothing left to lose -

[beararms1776]

The problem with the impending economic meltdown/depression/double dip recession is that no matter what government is in place, if things are truly that bad down to a SHTF level, I would see the government declaring marshal law. We are going to have our own Guard and other military police moving in and "directing traffic".

I have two kids in college and between them, the in-laws and my dad...we have developed several rendezvous points so that we can high-tail it from any major city or metropolitan area. Even if we had another Great Depression, it will certainly be unlike anything in the past. People nowadays have no sense of self-reliance...they have grown up over the years to learn to be "entitled" to things and when there isn't food or gasoline or water or other disposable goods, then things are going to get ugly in a hurry. And we thought riots were bad back in the 60's and 70's? I don't want to stick around to see what it looks like.

These events could very well happen and I hope it doesn't. Hope has failed many times but I always hang on anyway.