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

“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.