Which is why I do not trust cops, as well-meaning as they might be, as allies in the fight for our rights.
They'll (understandably) do anything possible to make their lives safer and easier (which makes one wonder why they became cops in the first place), and thus I do not assume that they are on our side.
Some of them also seem to simply want to remain an "exclusive club" of selected, superior armed citizen.
Most of them, and most all of their chiefs and sheriffs, would just as soon have us unarmed and dependent on them for our personal safety - you know - just dial 911.