The problem is: can NY make a law that basically says “screw you, Constitution, our LOCAL law is more powerful then the Constitution that GAVE us the power to make law in the first place.”

If they can prosecute him for a Constitutional right, then in fact, NY can make a new law that freedom is speech HAS TO BE REGISTERED otherwise an offense to NY law if one practices freedom of speech, how would that sound.

One of the discussions I had via bloggage was about how certain state gov’ts are so suppressive of people’s rights, but how very few residents of those states seem inclined to do anything about it. The deprivation of 2nd amendment rights is especially heinous in NJ, NY, and CA…Interesting how these three states contained murder capitals of the country at least once each in the last 7 years (Camden, LA, NYC). Sometimes living in Jersey makes me sad…

Florida’s right-to-carry laws that passed in 1987 dropped the homocide rate 23% through 1996. Coincidence? Or are lawmakers just mentally handicapped? Usually the latter. (Source: http://www.nraila.org/Issues/factsheets/read.aspx?ID=18)

The good news is that “DC vs. Heller” will likely create a precedent for future 2nd amendment cases.

It doesn’t matter that he wasn’t INTENDING to committ a crime. It doesn’t matter if he was carrying for protection, it doesn’t matter that the gun accidentally went off, it doesn’t matter that no one else got injured.

You say “A law that violates the spirit and the letter of the Constitution, as well as “natural law” is an unjust law” and I somewhat agree with you on the philosophical aspect of this statement, the law says if you register your firearm with New York State, you are allowed to carry it in New York State. This does not violate the spirit of the constitution. Plaxico is FREE to carry weapons if registers them. Which he did not.