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Like it or not, the vast majority of NYC'ers agree with their opressive gun laws. That's democracy in action.
Again, like it or not, she broke the law. The response from Tennesee does seem childish, but is this really the issue? I remember when I first heard that, "Ignorance is no excuse for breaking the law." I've always had doubts about the efficacy of this harsh philosophy. It sure suggest that the purpose of the law is to punish rather then produce desired results. Knowledge is usually enough to get law abiding people to follow the law. I once got a ticket in SC for throwing a cigarette butt out a car window. I didn't know it was against the law and if I had known, I wouldn't have done it. Instead it cost me $500 and it could have been $1000. It wasn't about preventing littering, it was about money. But, I was guilty.
Is "ignorance is no excuse for breaking the law," the way we should operate as a society? Specially when the act is entirely innocent and there is no harm or victim?
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