Don't view it so much as outgunning the police. I don't think it makes sense to simultaneously argue that American police are inherently corrupt and bigoted and murderous (you and I don't argue this, but certainly some do) while also telling me to rely on these allegedly biased and incompetent people for protection. On some more philosophical level I do value the individual right of gun ownership in the balance of power between state and individual. We don't need to get deep into whether or not individuals could formidably oppose the state and I don't think it's a realistic scenario for the foreseeable future. That said, I do believe there is something of a "good tension" between arms of the state (law enforcement) and the citizenry, I just think it would play out on much lower levels (low level police corruption vs. shootouts between police and citizens).
But on a far more practical level, the issue for me is that criminals don't abide by laws. They already own guns illegally, and further gun restrictions don't impact them. So, in a gun free utopia, it wouldn't be just the police having weapons, it would be the police and criminals. Thus rendering law abiding citizens reliant on police protection entirely. That's disturbing (in America, at least) on a number of levels. First, it again gives the police leverage they don't have now. They know we're ever more reliant on them for protection. This is where the rub comes in as far as advocates who hate military/police but use this argument on gun control. Second, it gives the criminals further space to operate, at least until a gun control framework makes a serious dent in the amount of weapons in the hands of criminals. Third, it does reduce my right to protect my own family from criminals, as unlikely as an incident like that may be.
Anyway, this is all ground we've covered so we probably don't need to dive back into gun control, I'm only expanding on my thoughts here for the purpose of tying it back to what I think is an incongruous position by those on the far left when it comes to guns and policing.
