[Consort]

Martial law will come in handy when mob rule arises and the marauders roam the streets looting, pillaging and raping.

[lainie]

> Martial law will come in handy when mob
> rule arises and the marauders roam the
> streets looting, pillaging and raping.

An excuse for martial law should never be made or attempted. The answer to mob rule and roaming marauders is: responsibility, basic planning, and a .45 (if not two) (and not necessarily in that order).

[Blood of Tyrants]

Martial law won't work without federal troops. For that reason Bush is pushing to repeal the Posse Comitatus Act which prohibited the use of federal troops to enforce laws.