The founders of this country were just as concerned about being able to protect themselves from the newly formed government as they were from individual criminals. Law enforcement officials can not intervene until a crime has been committed. Who protects you in the mean time. Regardless of how you package it, people are still responsible for killing people. We have been doing it to each other since Biblical times.
Firearms are just one method.
Not the only one. Thanks for visiting Drop Tine Outdoors.