Imagine trying to apply a specific situation to your situation, but finding out later that that situation is covered in the law and goes adversely against your position in the entirety. Imagine the having laws that already cover the specific situation, one created out of your own a**. Now imagine assuming you can get out of the situation, but also finding that by doing so you can be held civilly and criminally liable for what you thought was correct. All because you thought, especially knowing that your thoughts are unreliable, what you believed was correct, but you've never seen tested.
That's the problem in this world. Idiots running around with what they think is correct despite being unverified and untested. No rules, no laws, no evidence and all case law against you. Whoops, you might want to rethink how you approach the world in the entirety instead of roaming around being an absolute dumb f**k. Trouble follows those who assume too much and put their blind faith where it does not need to be.