We aren't asking for special treatment.
In the immortal words of Dale Gribble: "I'm not questioning your authority, I'm completely denying it's existence."
Who gives a fuck what the law is? Who gives a fuck what they say? We can hodl until the entire US government collapses in on it's own weight. The IRS says I owe cap gains tax? So the fuck what? I bet I can pay for better security than their armed agents after a couple more cycles. Let 'em send their men with guns. They have no right to my shit. Period, end of discussion.