Cold Steel
Active Member
The anti-gun sentiment is simple. If you need protection, call the cops. That's what James Brady said when he would tour gun banning groups.
But lately we've seen that our society isn't as rock-solid as our leaders let on. Fox News has been publicizing the very real danger of an electromagnetic pulse event, caused either by solar anomalies or a nuclear attack. Such a disaster would knock out our entire electrical grid, stop food production and distribution, knock out our heat and air conditioning as well as our freezers and lights. In such a situation, many cops would leave their duty stations and go home to protect their families.
A similar situation happened in New Orleans a few years ago, and the only police who happened to knock on your door were there to collect your guns.
It made me wonder whether Maryland laws governing gun carry would apply in serious catastrophic situations caused by attacks or natural disasters. There are increasing numbers of people with food and water supplies, but trash pickup may be seriously impaired as well as calling 911. Do cops in Maryland receive any disaster training at all?
Also, what would happen with prisons that were suddenly unable to feed or care for their ummm...guests? Would the federal and state governments just throw open the doors and let everyone go, or would they leave them interred to perish without being able to feed them or distribute water?
One of the greatest fears for secret squirrel organizations is that some small vessel would enter the Gulf of Mexico, launch a nuclear device to detonate in the upper atmosphere, then pull the plugs and send the boat to the bottom of the gulf (with its crew), making it impossible to trace. Decades ago we would have just nuked all the suspects and let God sort it out. Now, however, if we had an exceptionally weak president, there may be no reprisal at all.
What would we, as good Maryland citizens, be expected to do? And really, aren't such situations behind the whole militia concept in the Constitution, anyway?
The last solar EMP event happened in 1859. It knocked out our telegraphs but not much more than that. If the same solar event were to happen today, it would thrust everyone back into the early 19th century. No insulin, no meds, no pain medicine, no ambulances. Fortunately, one thing we won't have to worry about is our leaders and their families. The president and Congressional members would be taken to safe havens with plenty of food and medicine, with adequate heating and air conditioning and security, laundry and trash services.
Any thoughts?
But lately we've seen that our society isn't as rock-solid as our leaders let on. Fox News has been publicizing the very real danger of an electromagnetic pulse event, caused either by solar anomalies or a nuclear attack. Such a disaster would knock out our entire electrical grid, stop food production and distribution, knock out our heat and air conditioning as well as our freezers and lights. In such a situation, many cops would leave their duty stations and go home to protect their families.
A similar situation happened in New Orleans a few years ago, and the only police who happened to knock on your door were there to collect your guns.
It made me wonder whether Maryland laws governing gun carry would apply in serious catastrophic situations caused by attacks or natural disasters. There are increasing numbers of people with food and water supplies, but trash pickup may be seriously impaired as well as calling 911. Do cops in Maryland receive any disaster training at all?
Also, what would happen with prisons that were suddenly unable to feed or care for their ummm...guests? Would the federal and state governments just throw open the doors and let everyone go, or would they leave them interred to perish without being able to feed them or distribute water?
One of the greatest fears for secret squirrel organizations is that some small vessel would enter the Gulf of Mexico, launch a nuclear device to detonate in the upper atmosphere, then pull the plugs and send the boat to the bottom of the gulf (with its crew), making it impossible to trace. Decades ago we would have just nuked all the suspects and let God sort it out. Now, however, if we had an exceptionally weak president, there may be no reprisal at all.
What would we, as good Maryland citizens, be expected to do? And really, aren't such situations behind the whole militia concept in the Constitution, anyway?
The last solar EMP event happened in 1859. It knocked out our telegraphs but not much more than that. If the same solar event were to happen today, it would thrust everyone back into the early 19th century. No insulin, no meds, no pain medicine, no ambulances. Fortunately, one thing we won't have to worry about is our leaders and their families. The president and Congressional members would be taken to safe havens with plenty of food and medicine, with adequate heating and air conditioning and security, laundry and trash services.
Any thoughts?
