If indeed the premise that 'security' should be 'increased' is valid, then it should fall to each person to increase their 'feeling' of security, e.g. "An armed society is a polite society."
The weak look for others to take care of them. The time is long past to start reclaiming responsibility for ourselves. Arming oneself and learning to use a weapon effectively is the only real security. It also doesn't infringe on other people's freedoms.
Anything else is nanny state Bovine excrement.
What about those that feel there is no need to increase their ‘feeling’ of security? Or those that ‘feel’ we need more? How do you balance the govts response to both of them?
What good does personal weapons do against explosive devices in a mall, or shipping containers at the docks?