[staytrue]

Look at Nazi Germany. They would still be in power now if not for external interference.

The communists held russia for 80 years where every garden was appropriated and they did it with much less technology than today.

The communists did the same in China for 30 years.

The govt. can and will do it. Eventually, all communist govts. fail, IF YOU WANT TO WAIT 3-7 DECADES.

[JRandomFreeper]

Germany, China and the USSR aren't America. They had a history of oppressive governments for all of their histories.

We also have the history of the 20th century as a cautionary tale.

Government may be able to control some of the liberal enclaves on the east and west coasts, but it just won't work in fly-over country.

People will die, but government would be foolish to try it, and professional military men, familiar with logistics, will caution against it.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

And no country in history has ever had as many arms in civilian hands as does the US. Not Russia, not Germany, not China.

/johnny

[Marcella]

You talk about Germany and Russia.

You are really stupid if you think Americans are like Russian peasants who had no firearms and Russian citizens who had no firearms. Cops will go home since they are no match for many with firearms and they will want to save their famlies. You may or must be a freaking liberal without firearms or sense and no water or food stored. Wait for FEMA to show up and save your butt. There won't be any FEMA either since those folks will also go home.

[backwoods-engineer]

The govt. can and will do it.

Why don't you just turn yourself in now, and get it over with? Or will you be the one, out of envy, narcing on all of us who have gardens?

I have no use for people who say, "Don't prepare, because the government will take it all anyway." They will have to pay a very dear price to take mine.

And they can't take everyone's. Sooner or later, some state will say, "Here, and no further." It will probably be one of the Western states, like North Dakota.