They say no, they get a gun. So, your safety is linked to the honesty of paranoid schizophrenics. Don't flatter yourself. The Soviet Union fell as a result of popular dissent by an unarmed populace. The government wins every time.
Many liberals pine for the day when only the police and military are armed.
The problem with this is that there are not enough cops to protect everybody and some people would never trust the cops to protect them anyway. Thanks to our friends in the NRA pushing irresponsible gun ownership for decades, disarming legal gun owners would leave the many remaining guns in the hands of criminals. This is not an option, since everybody should have the right to protect themselves. This should help reduce the hundreds of pointless accidental firearms-related deaths that occur in the United States each year. In addition, this program would decrease the number of guns that are stolen and misused when there are improperly secured.