How many laws are there to protect us from the government? They are often necessary to counter problems caused by ignoring your Darkside Test.

A mention of the Make My Day and Castle Doctrine laws are what started me thinking about it. They are needed because of laws and goverment persons ignoring individuals right to self defense.

Many of the mandatory sentencing laws were in response to prosecutes and judges letting some people back out to endanger the public.

The Miranda warning could be another example.

I'm sure there are many more.

A lot of laws are started by an emotional response to some event instead of rational consideration.