From one American to another
A plea to U.S. law enforcement officers and U.S. military
service-members
This letter is directed to all law enforcement officers living
in and employed in the United States by any
level of government
(including any type of peace officer; magistrate or officer of the
court; township,
parish or city police officers; county sheriffs
and deputies; state troopers; state highway patrol officers;
DOT
enforcement; state or commonwealth Department of Public Safety
officers; state fish and game or
wildlife enforcement; federal
authorities like the U.S. Park Police or FEMA and sworn agents of
the
FBI, DEA, ATF and DHS) and all enlisted or commissioned
military service-members of the United
States armed forces
(including all state or commonwealth National Guardsmen and
Reservists; and all
active-duty or reserve Army, Air Force, Coast
Guard, Navy and Marine personnel employed by the
Unites States
Department of Defense) stationed anywhere in the world.
The American government is broken. The “system” has failed
in so many ways and our once-proud
country is in the process of
collapsing. Our (yours and mine) Bill of Rights is gone and a
large
percentage of the American people have lost all faith in the
individuals that we've elected and entrusted
to “lead” us;
however, the incompetence of our leaders is just too profound of a
subject to delve into
and that's not the purpose of this letter.
Most Americans who are old enough, educated enough, sober
enough
and alert enough can clearly see an impending catastrophe on the
horizon. The rest (the
majority, I'm afraid) are too worried about
their Nike Shox or iPad to notice; or too dependent on the
same
broken system to question it.
In the last year, history, sociology and economic experts have
agreed that the United States of America
simply cannot continue as
it has been. For a lot of us, our country feels like a runaway train
speeding
towards a massive cliff with no brakes; and the scariest
thing is that even though we see what is
happening, we feel
helpless in being able to actually do anything about it. During the
past 20 years this
helpless feeling has evolved into apprehension
and during the past 3 or 4 years apprehension has
rapidly evolved
into fear. Fear, driven and antagonized by mainstream media, has
turbo-charged
something called “the prepper movement.” Known
as “survivalists” or “doomsday preppers;” average
Americans
who are concerned about providing the basic necessities for
themselves and their families
have started hoarding or hiding
food, burying firearms, learning survival skills like gardening
or
trapping and organizing coordinated groups to pull together as
prepper communities in the event of any
variation of an economic
collapse. The movement exploded exponentially before the 21st of
December
2012 and no one truly knows how many “preppers” there
are in the United States. I've personally done
quite a bit of
research in the past few months and my best guess would be at least
three million active
preppers in America; but as I said, that's a
guess at best.
I realize that one must tread lightly when speaking for
others. As a result, for the rest of this script I will
only use
the words “we, us, our” when speaking for myself and a large
group of survival preppers that I
have only recently met
personally and discussed this subject with at great depth. For “us,”
America is
not a government or a piece of land, America is an
idea. This group of people lives in my region and it
consists of
families; educated, sober and functional individuals who are true
patriots. Like you, they
believe in defending their Constitutional
rights against all enemies, both foreign and domestic. It is
only
with their permission and blessing that I post this letter.
“We” are labeled by mainstream media and possibly our own
government as being extremists, paranoid
or if not yet; we will
eventually be labeled as terrorists. Although part of our population
consists of
both active and retired police and military personnel;
we are not combatants and not fighters. We do
NOT want to fight
anyone. We do NOT wish for an economic collapse, overthrow of the
government,
civil war, world war or any other variation of any
apocalyptic event. We are not war-mongers, we are
simply scared
Americans; terrified for our loved one's futures and afraid of our
own government(s).
Since you are employed by that government or
governments; we are afraid of you.
One can do a search on YouTube and quickly find dozens of
videos showing brutal and unnecessary
violence by American police
and military personnel. We know that these videos are the
“exception”
and not “the rule.” We know that the wonderful
things that you do on a daily basis, the things that come
at a
great personal cost to you and your family, are rarely publicized. We
know that your lives are
difficult; political correctness and
bullshit in general, combined with the constant threat to
your
physical safety and time away from your loved ones is
unimaginable for some of us. We also realize
that your sacrifices
are for the most part overlooked or under-appreciated. This concept
is a paradox as
there are “bad apples” in every demographic.
We realize that there are homegrown terror groups
blending in with
the survivalists and the militias and that it's your job, your
passion, to apprehend these
people. We want these criminals and
psychos caught just as much as you do.
True militias, preppers and survivalists are secretive for a
reason but not because we are terrorists or
criminals. Our federal
government is so blatantly incompetent and criminal that we as
Americans can
no longer ignore the “conspiracy theories.” The
rumors and supporting evidence of impending martial
law and civil
war are too widespread and put quite simply; we are afraid. We sneak
around hiding food,
supplies and weapons not of malicious intent,
nor as the result of a criminal conspiracy against you or
our
fellow countrymen; but out of self-preservation and concern for our
future and the future of our
loved ones.
I titled this script “From one American to another: A plea
to U.S. law enforcement officers and military
personnel” and as
an American child or teenager many years ago, I wouldn't have
believed that I would
ever write such a letter. I understand that
you have an obligation and an oath to follow orders, but my
plea
to all U.S. law enforcement and U.S. military personnel is to ask
that when that day comes,
PLEASE don't turn your sidearms and
rifles against us.
We have no intention of ever hurting another human being and
almost half of us, myself included, do
not even own a firearm.
From one American to another, we are not enemies. Your leaders will
lie to you
just as quickly as ours will lie to us and we depend on
you to protect us. Stop and think about it for a
moment, we have
more in common with each other than our political leaders and news
services would
have us believe.
Just like you, we believe in our Constitution, and we are
divided only by our own prejudices and fears.
Despite whatever
your predispositions about us may be, we are on the same side. We are
fellow
countrymen and fellow patriots. Regardless of what you may
read on CNN or what your commanding
officers might say; we are not
your enemy and you are not ours.
Cheryl, October 2013 www.howtoburyyourstuff.com
