People talk about "without rule of law". I believe we'll see excessive rule of law after(if?) a very short period of unrest. Never let a crisis go to waste and all that.

Interesting. I can see your point in small scale events like the "seizure" of guns by the RCMP in High River, but for large scale TEOTWAKI type situation, forget about excessive rule of law. Even if the government tried to impose country wide martial law, they wouldn't be able to implement it. The military has about 75,000 soldiers both regular and reservists. Of that, probably 5,000 are of ranks and positions that wouldn't see them on the front lines. Add all the support trades (cooks, clerks, dentist, engine technicians...) - even though I suppose you could give them a gun and tell them to go knock door to door - and that probably leaves you with maybe 10,000 soldiers. As for the RCMP, their ranks are about 19,000 but they too have their high ranking desk-bound officers so, say maybe 12,000. Add another 10,000 OPP, QPP and city police officers. So, at best, you end up with about 50,000 law enforcing troops. I would suspect that in a TEOTWAKI situation, many would just disappear, looking after their families and their own survival. So, I don't think that the average prepper on his acreage has to worry too much about "The Government" knocking at their door.

Do you think with these current level of law enforcement the gov't would just lock down cities or just key cities?

Do you think with these current level of law enforcement the gov't would just lock down cities or just key cities?

How could they and for how long? How many highways in/out of Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton? Add rivers/lake. Urban warfare is a mess (read the story of Ortona) and look at how many cops it took to control a few blocks around G8 summits in Toronto and Quebec City for just a few days, against mostly pacifist protesters.

I'm not suggesting that WROL will be the future, but maybe we will see more security in the form of neighbourhood watches/militia, based from police officers and soldiers and their neighbours (with a more self serving, survival interest but ethical behaviour) than see an infantry battalion setting up shop in your town. Bosnia saw a similar situation where some neutral towns laid out mines and defences around their hamlet to defend against all the factions interfering with their lives.

IF they were going to go door to door they would use the gun registry list to start with... BUT.. that would take a long time to get done.. and then how do they prove you still have fire arms now that you dont need to call in to change ownership. If your ten miles out of town it would take a long while for the cops to come to your door unless your on more then one "list"...