Chuck Norris on Martial Law and Rights

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“How long can we allow Americans, who are a freedom-loving people and patriots, to be under ‘lockdown’ in their own homes without working?” Norris asked. “Many scientists and specialists are even now calling the federal government to a five-week national lockdown? Do we expect the majority to simply comply? Will they have the resources and wherewithal to go the distance without resistance?” These are frightening questions, but the fact is that American citizens are used to being free and they are now being subjected to draconian restrictions on their liberties.

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Normally, taking that kind of control of a nation would take a war, but no one fired a shot and we handed over all of our rights. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, who you may remember from his promotion of ninth-month abortions or his blackface scandal, has closed churches in his state. Is there any American freedom more fundamental than the right to worship when and where we want to?

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No one is saying that some restrictions are not needed, but to many, it appears we have given the government too much power too quickly.

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I believe strongly in being prudent and also being peaceful. But I have questions – tough questions – and my purpose is to keep and embolden a strong and civil America.

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The questions I have are these: If the need for citizen confinement grows, and the restrictions increase, where does it end? And what excessive burden are we then placing upon law enforcement to corral even half of Americans (150 million)? And if even the smallest transgression of confinement restrictions ends up being a misdemeanor, how will officials handle tens of millions of them? And do we not think cops, who have to enforce confinement rules, will not come in closer proximity with those infected with the coronavirus and contract it themselves? And if those numbers continue to grow, won't we end up with the same shortage of law enforcement as we will hospital personnel? And wouldn't it follow that our courts become overloaded and burdened with misdemeanor cases just as our medical facilities are with COVID-19 cases?

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Do we not eventually expect small rebellions or even massive ones to occur in the not-so-distant future if growing requests for lockdowns and deprivations persist? And what will it take for state officials to tip over the morphing milieu of chaos to create the need themselves (based upon the pretense of protection) to call on military intervention and enact martial law? Does that really sound so far-fetched when freedom-loving Americans across our union are being asked to sacrifice their wages, their welfare and stay confined to their homes for weeks on end?

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I would highly suggest our state and national leaders rethink what are "essentials" or even what are perceived as essentials to warrant mobility and commerce, and they should include not restricting our constitutional Bill of Rights. In my opinion, that will inevitably and eventually lead to mayhem.

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Americans are and will lovingly sacrifice to stop the spread of a disease, and especially to keep others who are "weak" from being infected by it. That's also what makes the greatness and goodness of Americans. But the leaders of our communities, states and country need to remember and never forget that old historical adage: "Learn from history or you'll be doomed to repeat it." It's a slippery slope to socialism, and the same slope slips to tyranny, even if you're doing great things like battling diseases.

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