Although I completely agree that he should be released. The laws in NJ are retarded. But, ignorance of the law isn’t an excuse to break it.
I am an avid gun owner and do some travelling. You better believe i look up each State’s laws before i travel through that State.
The justice here, would be to change these unconstitutional laws.
I guess you missed the part where he called the police of NJ and asked about transporting the weapons and was abiding by what they told him? The judge simply threw that testimony out and wouldn't let it be mentioned to the jury.
But, ignorance of the law isn’t an excuse to break it.
You probably broke five laws since you woke up this morning.
It appears that he called the police to make sure he fol lowered all the laws. A crime is not committed unless you have intent. He clearly did not intent to commit a crime, nor did he. The judge should be in jail.
Are you ready to accept your own imprisonment and conviction based on some obscure law that a reasonable would never be aware of?
There are way too many laws and it is no longer possible to KNOW what laws there are. Having the ability and opportunity to understand and know a law exist is fundamental to the concept of “ignorance of the law is no excuse...”. That is an ancient doctrine and rest on some ancient principals that help determine what is good law making. Needless to say our government is big on the ignorance is no excuse part but not so much on making good law.
Ignorance is a valid excuse for lawbreaking by government employees just not us lesser folk.
The judge fostered ignorance of the law when he refused to give the jury the exceptions part of the law. It was like being tried for murder without the jury being advised of the self-defense exceptions in the law. The judge is the one who should be serving time.
I'm sorry, but i just simply cannot accept that concept in this day and age, when tens of thousands of new laws and regulations are generated every year, all of which we're somehow magically supposed to be aware of and follow.
Thae average American's absolute worship of the law as if it were holy writ is one of the biggest problems we're going to face in getting this beast turned around, or if necessary, killed.