Up until about 1900 there were few cops in the US. Most people that could afford them carried guns, and handled their business.
Here's the right question. Are you a good guy?
If you are, then carry a gun, and handle your business. Don't be lazy or a coward and hide behind the skirts of little girls that hide outside schools where children are being murdered.
The cops are the criminals, because criminals infiltrate power bases in order to commit crimes with impunity.
You won't. Neither will most Americans, but only criminals would. Take away the prize those criminals seek, a power base immune from accountability that police powers are, and crime will plummet.
Arm the people, and the criminals will flee. Arm only cops, and the criminals will become cops. That's what happened, and it's time to fix it.
Thank you for the reply. I think we should all be armed. I also think that anyone can snap and be a criminal. When someone decides to pursue a criminal endeavor, with everyone armed, their carrier change will be short lived. Criminals are selfish. They fear most for their own safety. That is why they prey on the weak or plot evil acts in advertised gun-free zones. What a criminal fears most is a bullet from nowhere ending his reign of terror especially when he is saving the last bullet for himself.