You just answered your own question.seamusTX wrote:The legal term for that is exception.kauboy wrote:I think a defense to prosecution should be changed to be a "defense to arrest". In other words NOT ILLEGAL!!!
I don't know why so many of these things are defenses to prosecution or presumptions. They leave the citizen subject to a lot of hassle and expense.
- Jim
Lawyers write the laws.
Who profits when citizens are caught up in the gray area of the laws?
That's right - lawyers profit.
Don't look for lawyers to make anything easy or logical, it would cost them business. Lawyers exist to create/modify laws and argue them with other lawyers in front of judges (lawyers). Everyone gets paid except the citizens.