I think it would be a good thing. An armed society is a polite society, and the point of being armed is so that you can defend yourself and your property. As it stands, our elected government does a pretty poor job of stopping criminals - if the government decided to focus on the persecution of the productive, decent-minded folks who wish to preserve their own property rights ... then I think the government will just be clearly aligning itself with the Looters, and I think citizens will act upon that little tidbit.
Someone broke a window in my wife's car and stole a laptop she'd forgotten to bring into the house. A lesbian "police officer" took some notes, told me it was "just a property crime" and not to expect any further action on it. I told her it was probably a kid visiting a delinquents' halfway-house down the street that had been sneaked into the neighborhood with no public hearings.
She launched into a diatribe in defense of the "mistreated kids" and how "citizens like you" should support all such efforts. End of conversation. So yes, "if the government decided to focus on the persecution of the productive, decent-minded folks who wish to preserve their property rights," then some "quota" law enforcement people, at least, are definitely aligned with the looters. They are more in tune with the criminals than with the citizens who pay their salaries.