What are "Hoodies"? Are they criminals? Young toughs with too much time on their hands? Kids wearing hooded sweatshirts?

I'm going to assume that judicial executions have something to do with arresting and putting "Hoodies" in prison and not actually executing them. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Wrong tactice is absolutely right. Governments need to understand that taking weapons such as guns, knives or even non-lethal defensive ones like pepper spray out of the hands of law-abiding citizens is foolish. It criminalizes those who should not be, forces dependence on law enforcement who are already over-extended in most locations, increases crime, increases the likelihood of crime turning to violence, and makes the citizenry fear their government (instead of the other way around). Study after study, says the only people who will stop carrying weapons are those who wouldn't use them for illegal purposes in the first place. Criminals won't change no matter what laws are passed. Crazies will still find insane ways of killing the neighbors. In stead of a handgun they'll use something like a shovel or an axe.

Police State and Martial Law governments don't want their citizenry armed. I find it interesting that we don't head the lessons of history.

I found this letter written by a student to be a nice summary of the real reason we have the 2nd.