While they may say "oh, I'd let YOU have one", they'd really rather nobody had guns but them.
After all, who knows best about how society should be structured...and who should hold power in a society...than the police?
3,000 people died on 9/11 and not one handgun or rifle was used. Sometimes peoples' mentalities never rise above the second floor.
I doubt you actually know any LEOs.
I have several LEO’s in my family and they would say you are full of crap!