If “The State” wishes to reduce the need for self defense, they have to show a willingness to:
1. Put criminals in jail and keep them there
2. Punish people who do criminal acts without letting them plead down to trivial charges
“The State” prefers not to do this, they use criminals to manipulate the law-abiding into agreeing to ever more stringent controls on THEIR behavior, hence it is to their benefit to have criminals preying on the innocent.
Concepts of self-defense infringe on the growth of “The State”, so it must be discouraged.
In the future, “The State” wants to make sure that THEY have the ability to use violence directly to achieve their goals, and diminishing the capacity, ability, and willingness of citizens to be self-reliant in matters of their safety is instrumental in continuing the growth of “The State”
As has been seen most clearly in the UK, criminals improve the EFFICIENCY of the redistributive state without violating any of its PRINCIPLES.
The more criminals, the less need for expensive bureaucrats to do the stealing for them.