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>They believe that ???hacking is cool??? and they???re ???fighting the system.???
> If we can figure out a way to change the current social perception of hacking, we???ll have less of a problem with participatory botnets, DoS, and tools like LOIC.

Yeah, there is a way: To change the current social perception of system.

> To stick with your firearm analogy

Bad analogy. Software is far easier to (re)produce than firearms. Regulating it in the same way as the firearms would require unacceptable level of intrusive surveillance.