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I don’t have the background, experience, and training that many of our esteemed forum members have accumulated, so I am grateful for their continued generosity in sharing what they know. I learn something each and every time I am able to check in and spend some time reading. This discussion about following the rules provides good insight and food for thought.

While I will not quibble with txinvestigator’s comment that those who violate criminal laws are criminals, I think his question, “Who are we to decide what laws to obey and what laws not to?� is important. Since this is a forum related to guns and, by extension, self-defense, maybe we can think of that question in terms of the 2nd Amendment.

In short, I would hope that all of us as Americans would decide which laws to obey and which to disregard. Understand that I am not offering that as an incitement to anarchy but suggest that it is the correct “big picture� answer based on our history and traditions as a nation. After all, this country was founded by “criminals� in revolt against laws and practices that they decided for themselves were oppressive and unfair.

By show of hands, how many of us here would become criminals as a result of, God forbid, our 2nd Amendment rights being revoked? There may sometimes be more important considerations than what is enacted by a legislative body. That’s nothing to be ashamed of.


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