Today more than ever the average citizen is in peril of being prosecuted and it is not as difficult as you may think to find yourself in legal hot water. Imagine what might happen if you were to find your self on a snow mobile, in a white out blizzard, you get lost and your just trying to survive, you see blue lights ahead and you head for those lights because the police are there to help right?
You would be wrong…
Guess what you just accidentally broke a federal statute, violation of the Wilderness Act.
Now you have a criminal record…
Most people think criminal law is for bad people,” says Timothy Lynch of the Cato Institute.
“They’re one misstep away from the nightmare of a federal indictment.”
new federal laws have lower standards for conviction than in the past: Prosecutors do not always need to show criminal intent (mens rea), according the Wall Street Journal. And, federal regulations (also numbering in the thousands) often carry the force of federal criminal law as penalty.
So, if your still reading this you may be wondering what is going on and is this really the America I grew up pledging allegiance to the flag?
Yes, it is, but things have changed, it has been said over and over again that we are a nation of laws, but the truth is that is a lie…
We are a nation of people.
The truth is that we the people are the only people that matter in this Nation, yet our congress treats us like criminals.
While they eat the fat and drink the sweet, this is a real issue that every American should be well aware of yet for the most part many of us are far too busy working and living our lives to be concerned with legal issues, this is why it is imperative that you know what your doing and that when you choose to go on vacation or to go even on something as simple as a cruise that you know the laws that could effect your very liberty and freedom.
It may be difficult to understand when your not in the world as often as perhaps some of your neighbors, however its important to realize that just because your neighbors may not share information about being on vacation and accidentally breaking a federal law while in a federal park, getting a $3500.00 fine, having a felony record, (no more voting) all because what, your son who is interested in cowboys and Indians went looking for arrow heads, in a federal park…
You see, there are so many laws that some have said they do not know how many laws there actually are.
Some estimate the figure at more than 4500 federal laws.
If you are reading this because you were looking for legal advice or you perhaps found this website searching for a solution to a problem you have please locate an attorney, you can often get some sound legal advice for as little as $50 and that can go a long way towards helping you get a better nights sleep…
