It doesn't really make sense to me to even possibly put my life in danger because of a law that says I can't carry a gun. The same way it never made sense to me that I wouldn't smoke weed because there was some "law" made up by some group of worthless fucks for an idiotic reason that says I wasn't allowed to. If I want to smoke weed, I am going to smoke weed. I'm not a slave and I have no master.
I don't really respect many laws because I don't respect the people who create them. The same way I wouldn't listen to my plumber if he told me I am no longer allowed to use the word "fuck". A plumber telling me I'm not allowed to do something has about as much weight as a politician telling me I'm not allowed to do something. With the exception of the IRS, I have always pretty much done exactly what I want.
Speed limit is 50mph? I'll go 50mph if that's what feels safe to me. But if 80mph feels safe, then that's what I'm going to do. I'm not going to do 150mph because I wouldn't feel safe doing it.
If they made murder legal tomorrow, I'm not going to go kill anyone because I'm not a fucking lunatic. On the other hand, if I was a lunatic and wanted to kill someone, I sure as fuck wouldn't be stopped by some silly imaginary rules that says I can't.
You guys may enjoy taking orders from old white men who dictate how you run your lives, I however, do not.
Has this mentality caused me problems? Fuck yea it has, but to me it's worth it. I'd rather live my own life how I want than to take orders from a bunch of politicians and cops whom I have no respect for.
(1) "I'm not a slave and I have no master." ... You might rethink that one if you find yourself sitting in prison one day.
(2) Should everyone abide by *your* ethical and moral standards then? Or can everybody just say screw the law, I'm doing what I want. Should murderers and rapists who have the same mantra as you (i.e. "I'll to what I want and follow my own code of ethics...") be able to do what they want? Or at a certain point would you say "enough is enough" and create a system of laws to stop them from killing and raping? If you are picking and choosing what laws you agree with and what laws you do not agree with, then you should have no problem with OTHER people doing the same exact thing (even if their morals/ethics are totally fucked up and different than yours). If you DO have a problem with OTHER people doing the same thing (like a guy who feels he is entitled to rape women), then essentially you are no better than those "old white men" creating laws for you to follow, because you expect THEM to follow YOUR rules.