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I am merely stating that everyone should be held responsible for things they do which are illegal.

I am not an expert on every law related to the operation of a motor vehicle. Yet, I will be held liable for the consequences if I violate any law while driving. Should I be able to plead ignorance and claim that I didn't know it was a problem to drive in the left lane, or to not get over when I see a police car on the side of the road with it's lights flashing? My answer is no.

I should also be held accountable if I am working as the manager of a convenience store and I decide to strip search a suspected shoplifter, or I decide, as a manager to ignore an employees claims of sexual harassment.

For the bulk of the population, we are all used to being held accountable for any unlawful behavior, even if it is a bit unreasonable to assume that we would be experts in every single law on the books. But for some reason, we have decided that our employees who work for government agencies are incapable of being held to this same standard. I think that my government employees are just as capable as the employees that I supervise for my private employer. And they should be held to the same standard.

It would be even better if a citizen could also personally sue every government official and employee who was involved in the decision to either create or enforce a "gun free" zone. Someone who follows illegal orders should be held fully responsible for their actions, just like the person issuing the illegal orders.