In the USA we are all allowed to own guns, and it is your right and your responsibility to protect your own life, and the lives of your family, and loved ones, and others.
And for instance, when I was a kid we lived 60 miles outside of Battle Mountain, Nevada, when my parents attempted to start a cattle ranch like Bonanza, the nearest police station was 60 miles away so we had to own guns and protect ourselves. My father taught me how to shoot a gun when I was 4 years old.
It is not up to a soldier to protect you, and it is not up to the police to protect you, it is up to you to own a gun and to protect yourself and your family. Especially if you live way out in a rural area in the USA.
Salute,
Tony V.