4,450
Thursday, 17 July 2008 by Jacob TomawThat is the low estimate of how many crimes there are spelled out in the US Code according to a report from the Heritage Foundation.
I don’t want to debate about what should and should not be illegal or if it should be a federal or state issue. (Well you know I do, just not here.) What I find interesting is we often hear that ignorance is no defense for breaking the law. However the number of things that are illegal is larger than the number of things an one person can hold in their head. It seem like the only way you could be sure to not be an accidental criminal is to assume everything you do is illegal until the government tells you it is not.
Does that sound just? I am curious of your opinions on if that seems fair that there should or should not be more crimes than thinks you can think of in a week and why?