Is Stockpiling Food Illegal in the United States?

[livingston]

Is Stockpiling Food Illegal in the United States?​

Stockpiling food when there is no current or forecasted emergency is not illegal. When there is plenty of food to go around, you are free to stockpile it. During a time of crisis, scarcity, or government emergency declaration, food may be in short supply. Hoarding during this time can be deemed illegal.

Under a state of emergency, the government might exercise its right to confiscate supplies from civilians.

The Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution prohibits the unreasonable search and seizure of a person, their home, and their belongings without a search warrant. For a search warrant to be issued, a “probable cause” must be established and approved by the judiciary court before a person and/ or their home and belongings are searched.
The problem arises if and when the government operates under martial law. Several presidents have signed executive orders which will override any constitutional rights, freedoms, and provisions we have as citizens. Under marital law, anything we own will no longer be ours, including the emergency food, water, and weapons you may have stockpiled for such an event.


In March 2012, Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13603, better known as the “National Defense Resources Preparedness” which enables the Federal government to confiscate and re-distribute all potable water, food, and whatever resources are necessary to protect the United States during a state of emergency.

Is Stockpiling Food Illegal in the United States?

Several presidents have signed executive orders which will override any constitutional rights, freedoms, and provisions we have as citizens. Under marital law..

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[livingston]

U.S.C. Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE

www.govinfo.gov

DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950​

TITLE I—PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS​

2071.
Priority in contracts and orders.
2072.
Hoarding of designated scarce materials.
2073.
Penalties.
2074.
Limitation on actions without Congressional authorization.
2075.
Presidential power to ration gasoline among classes of end-users unaffected.
2076.
Designation of energy as a strategic and critical material.
2077.
Strengthening domestic capability.
2078.
Modernization of small business suppliers.

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

They're welcome to give it a try.

 

[Cooolone]

Yeah, lots of luck with that... fuckers!!!

And yeah, it was very curious how under Obama, the Dept of Agriculture was weaponized! Unprecedented...

And really... What they'll focus on is major population centers than rural homes so spread out the effort would take 10x that if Urban centers... And if it ever got to an extreme where they were kicking in doors for food, all those population centers would be gigantic cages and outright rebellion and other SHTF would be going on too.

It won't just happening quietly and it won't happen in any benign fashion! That shit is for sure!

 

[SomeSoldier]

So is this similar to when there is massive inflation that businesses shouldn't raise prices or the gov will come and take all their products to give away to people?

 

[GOYABEAN]

Stock pile food =

 

[Acer-m14]

some states its illegal to collect rain water for use .. even before that ..


No Step on my TP ..

 

[spat]

They're welcome to give it a try.

They did.

Anyone remember that guy with the warehouse full of masks 2 years ago that the FBI just straight up stole from him ?

We even had members here supporting it.

Brooklyn man arrested for hoarding masks, coughing on FBI agents

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[fnfalguy]

 

[spat]

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They would have stacked the bodies decades ago, and would be comfortably retired basking in the massive resulting prosperity by now.

 

[ManualF150]

Problem here is that folks need not advertise they have stuff stored up.

Make it look like you are living meal to meal and that tomorrow could be the day you die of starvation. That includes losing a little weight if you are a little stocky by eating less. Meanwhile you have enough food to feed an army 3 meals a day for 5 years.

With social media, the Internet (yes, that includes forums like this place), and just general talking in public you never know who's listening or watching. It's too easy to incriminate yourselves.

 

[Mk44]

^
THIS.

Don't advertise what you have. Anything posted on the internet/ forums will show up for all to see.
Google it- google image. it's there for everyone to see. Picture of your cache, ammo, reloading room, gun room, supply room, bunker, etc.
(I won't even tell my sister, BIL or relatives. only immediate family. People that fail to plan ahead will learn the hard way. Oh well)

To Hell with the gov't.

 

[Cooolone]

Don't advertise? Well, I'm sure they have records of everything!!! If Google knows what the hell you had for dinner, they surely have algorithms that can out those who collected unusual amounts of zombie food and other provisions. Especially if purchased in bulk! Same goes for a lot of stuff...

That mask hoarder dismissed the smartest part of investing, ie, not keeping all your eggs in one basket! Lmao! And for the matter... What was the result of the illegal govt seizure because I'm unaware of large purchases being illegal? Was his property ever returned? Etc!

 

[technicalgadget]

Yup, its only called hoarding when someone else knows...

 

[meketrefe]

Alaskan people are experts at stock piling ahead of the winter.
I heard people in Guam also order boat loads of stuff.

 

[livingston]

They will be looking for your ammo stash also .... To liberals that would be more important than food. ... Disarm the population then food would be a piece of cake....

 

[spat]

They will be looking for your ammo stash also .... To liberals that would be more important than food. ... Disarm the population then food would be a piece of cake....

I plan to supplement my dog food supply with the people who attempt to appropriate my regular food supply.

 

[Acer-m14]

you don't even have to stock pile food to get arrested

2019 .. $250 Fine

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

Went grocery shopping this morning. This was the beef and chicken section. I've never actually seen it so low it was low enough where I thought to take pics to share. Many other areas in particular the frozen food section was much more sparse than usual. I took pics of that as well but I'm in the reflection on the glass doors.


Batten down the hatches guys it's going to keep getting worse and I can't imagine it's going to be improving any time soon.

 

[ManualF150]

Just give it a few more weeks... let a war break out, and chicken flu kill off a bunch of chickens... A toilet paper shortage would be like the good old days to most folks.

As they say it: Prepare accordingly.

 

[tirwin1]

Went grocery shopping this morning. This was the beef and chicken section. I've never actually seen it so low it was low enough where I thought to take pics to share. Many other areas in particular the frozen food section was much more sparse than usual. I took pics of that as well but I'm in the reflection on the glass doors. View attachment 147104 View attachment 147105


Batten down the hatches guys it's going to keep getting worse and I can't imagine it's going to be improving any time soon.

Location?

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

Location?

Hamburg NY Walmart. It's usually well stocked.

 

[Acer-m14]

is it because of the lack of Canadian Truckers in the US that truck it to the stores because there stuck at a protest ..

 

[Acer-m14]

Just give it a few more weeks... let a war break out, and chicken flu kill off a bunch of chickens... A toilet paper shortage would be like the good old days to most folks.

As they say it: Prepare accordingly.

stop buying TP .. invest .. lol

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[pshift]

They can seize my stockpile if they can find it. They will find nothing but stuff WAAAAAAY past it's expiration date. Your stockpile (of any type) should not be located anywhere near where you curently reside, except for immediate needs.

 

[fresch]

Start at Obamas mansions, then move on to the rest of the "elite".

 

[Michael]

Went grocery shopping this morning. This was the beef and chicken section. I've never actually seen it so low it was low enough where I thought to take pics to share. Many other areas in particular the frozen food section was much more sparse than usual. I took pics of that as well but I'm in the reflection on the glass doors. View attachment 147104 View attachment 147105


Batten down the hatches guys it's going to keep getting worse and I can't imagine it's going to be improving any time soon.

Was at Walmart yesterday (Clay) and ran into a guy I know that works there. He was saying that between the lack of Walmart drivers and bad decision making for restock routes, they are getting trucks late or not at all. They've also contracted with swift for trucking (take from that what you will, lol). Apparently, they have a plan to go through the stores and ask any employee if they want to drive. If they do, they'll pay for all the training and whatever costs associated with it. I bet that will create a shortage in store employees, so expect that the single line that's never open to stay that way.