The elites want the public dependent on the government for protection
You say this like they intend to protect the public. They just want to be able to control them, without fear of revolution. If they wanted to protect the public they wouldn't be mass importing muslims for one thing.
The only ones they're trying to protect are the criminals. Anarcho-tyranny doesn't work if the criminals are too afraid to break the law. It's one thing to get let off by a corrupt DA, but it's another thing entirely to get killed by the person they were trying to attack. Even the most corrupt of judges can't do necromancy.
Will this affect his popularity in the presidential election? What do French people think?
The elites want the poor to be unarmed and at risk.
The elites want the public dependent on the government for protection
You say this like they intend to protect the public. They just want to be able to control them, without fear of revolution. If they wanted to protect the public they wouldn't be mass importing muslims for one thing.
They want them dependent on the government for protection, it does not necessarily follow that the government will be providing it.
The only ones they're trying to protect are the criminals. Anarcho-tyranny doesn't work if the criminals are too afraid to break the law. It's one thing to get let off by a corrupt DA, but it's another thing entirely to get killed by the person they were trying to attack. Even the most corrupt of judges can't do necromancy.