Experts say the citizens need guns to protect themselves, as the country is full with weapons, what

“Guns contribute to violence. That's why there are so many gun deaths in the US for any individual person, guns can also contribute to safety. In a country filled with guns easily obtained by criminals, the law-abiding sometimes need a gun to protect themselves,” a professor of law at UCLA, Adam Winkler told Sputnik.
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The source is Russian and the translation is a bit awkward but you gotta love the circular reasoning. Like a snake eating its own tail.

Citizens need more guns because there are so many guns. Police need military equipment because the citizenry are so well armed.