Only high level union goons, third rate ward healers, brian dead Hollywood stars and corrupt politicians deserve such protection. The rest of us are expendable.
I remember when Rosie OD railed against gun ownership just after she hired armed body guards for her kids.
They need the public at large to be needy, frightened, helpless and dependent. Not expendable, but more like hostages, or livestock, both of which may have value. The armed citizen is neither, and is the autocrat's worst enemy since he doesn't need a douche like Daley to protect him from his neighbor.