Shooting the crims was a public service.

Well I think that Government should take more active role in this to
make
the country more secure so there is no need to arm everyone just in
case.

And they all realistically admit that they cannot and do not provide
individual protection for any citizen.The police cannot be everywhere at
all times.

So,practically speaking,you are on your own.It's just a matter of what
level of defensive weaponry your government allows you to have.

Note that the criminals are NOT likewise restricted.

I'm not proposing a bodyguard to every citizen. More in line of making the
society safer and tackling the source of the problem. Poverty, unemployment,
drugs etc.
If I lived in Baghdad I would definately get a firearm, but that should not
be the case in modern western country. If you really need firearms to defend
yourself there is something to be fixed.
The interesting thing is that crimerate has been going down for years (in
Finland) but people are feeling more and more unsecure, it seems that media
and its hunger for news with more and more gore is unsettling people.