>>kstene+31
The guns in the US are largely owned by the same faction that supports and is executing the excessive police violence (and which gets a free pass for violent protest while the opposing faction is violently suppressed even when peacefully protesting); it's also the faction that has provocateurs actively creating violence around the current protest to create cover for violent “responses”.
If there is to be an alternative to the distant and aloof police state, it will have to be in the form of attentive and caring locals possessing sufficient enforcement power.