Police are a completely different story. Were talking about people trying doing the bulk of robberies and those that are the victims.
It creates a minature arms war, where you need to have a gun because they got a gun. It's a buildup, your in an arms war with someone with nothing to loose, it's utter nonsense.
You think the criminals don't want to be prepared for the police either...?
If I was a criminal I would want a gun firstly to scare the shit out of the victim and secondly to stop them dead in their tracks if they tried to stop me.
With a knife or their bare-hands, I wouldn't give a shit if they didn't have a "chance".
If they didn't have a gun it would just make my life easier and things a lot quicker.
Like shooting fish in a barrel.
And if police didn't have guns it would be even
better as a criminal. I don't buy the 'arms race' argument, police/security and criminals have been using weapons for hundreds or thousands of years.