In the case of the US, if the criminals have guns and the law abiding people don’t, where does that leave the law abiding people?

It’s just like what happened when Reagan was the Governor of California. As soon as Black people started peacefully “exercising their second amendment rights”, both Reagan and the NRA were all for gun control.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulford_Act

Even now while the liberals are fighting for more gun control, conservatives are arming up - especially in the South.

The far right is getting armed while the far left is talking about “give peace a chance”.

I mean there is quite a number of countries where regular police are prohibited from carrying firearms, or at least don't carry them anywhere so casually.

I bet those same countries don’t have the love affair with gun ownership and easy access as the US.

That still comes back to the same question - if the criminals have guns and neither law abiding citizens or the police have guns, where does that leave the law abiding citizens?