That seems to be a regional issue and it is an attitude that is rapidly disappearing from the American landscape far and wide. Twenty years ago, I'd have unequivocally agreed with your assertion. However, given the corruption of the public schools by liberal influences that present a unified anti-gun agenda from kindergarten to senior high school, more and more potential cops are entering the academies with the elitist mentality that ONLY they should have guns.
Because the curriculums are so slanted to the left, they are unaware that such an attitude promotes the idea of a police state. Neither do they see the harm in this.
It used to be that conservatives would say that the police dept's and the military are the "safety net" of the 2nd Amendment. That any true attempt to seize the guns would be fought by these elements. But in the aftermath of KATRINA we see the lie.