And the lesson is to ignore the "No Guns" signs (just like criminals do) because even trying to do the right thing will get you in as much trouble as getting caught for not doing the right thing.
Exactly.
An unjust law is no law at all. And trying to comply with an unjust law will only place you at the mercy of those that created it. (IE: unjust people)
And an unjust people, by nature, will never deal justly with you.