The same could be said about many gun laws. Do you think a patriot in California should submit to a law which bans an SKS?
IMHO, Tyrannical law should (or at least can) be legitimately scoffed at. I definitely don't think any less of any individual, whether selfish or not, for ignoring arbitrary law, and I don't think we as Americans are obligated to submit to such law. Indeed, to a certain extent, I believe Americans have a duty to hold such law in open derision and defiance.
One of the central themes of the Revolution was the notion that laws have to be justifiable against a very challenging and expansive vision of individual Liberty and the rights of man, and to fall short of that dilutes Freedom itself.
What I'm trying to express is that I believe America shouldn't be a place where the "least common denominator" of Freedom is what prevails; it shouldn't be a place where vocal minorities, bullying majorities, or an arbitrary State whittles Liberty down to something minimal in nature.
Just to be clear, my vision of Liberty doesn't embrace ridiculous notions like forcing society to redefine traditional marriage, for example. But it does mean asking various subgroups of people being willing to tolerate individual behavior which they might personally dislike.
Liberty and Justice for all should be the eternal goal we strive towards.
In any event, nice conversing with you.
If drugs are that bad, why are all in Congress and all other elected positions not subjected to random drug tests?
How many others use and continue to use but simply never got caught?