An AMERICAN HERE!
There is a practical reason for the right to keep and bear arms. Courts have held that neither the state nor the police owe a duty to protect the individual. DeShaney v. Winnebago County Dept. of Social Services, 489 U.S. 189 (1989); Hernandez v. City of Goshen, U.S.C.A. 7th Cir. Mar. 31, 2003; Zelig v. County of Los Angeles, 27 Cal.4th 1112, 119 Cal.Rptr.2d 709, 45 P.3d 1171 (2002); Ashburn v. Anne Arundel County, 306 Md. 617, 510 A.2d 1078 (1986); Everton v. Willard, 468 So.2d 936 (Fla. 1985); Fox v. Custis, 712 F.2d 84 (4th Cir. 1983); Weiner v. Metro Transportation Authority, 55 N.Y.2d 175, 448 N.Y.S.2d 141 (1982); Warren v. District of Columbia, 444 A.2d 1 (D.C. 1981). One federal court even boldly proclaimed that “there is no constitutional right to be protected by the state against being murdered by criminals or madmen.” Bowers v. DeVito, 686 F.2d 616, 618 (7th Cir. 1982).