That is total BS!! It is ok for police to be the only ones armed(they have supported that since their inception after all) but not the other way around. When an officer decides a civilian needs to be raped to keep them inline, do you think they would do that if they were unarmed? Do you think other officers would provide security for that officer to do what needs to be done if they were not armed also?

"My message to my troops is if you see anybody carrying a gun on the streets of Milwaukee, we'll put them on the ground, take the gun away and then decide whether you have a right to carry it." - Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn