Yet, we've managed to shoot some down and bullets still kill the baddies not protected by their tech when removed from it. Don't be so willing to give in to manipulation. Your survival is still YOUR responsibility by any damn means you can acquire. Period. To let others always handle is just asking for enslavement. Your choice.
Also, that being said, weapons or any means of protection do not equate to malevolent/bad intentions. Your intentions and frame of mind is what matters most. If you think they from out there will be standing around or flying in the ships without those same means you'd be an utter fool. No rational being ventures into the unknown or the known without such means of protection. Tit for tat. Get your mind right and be as fully aware as you can be. If you lose, you lose. Natural Law wins, again, as it always does. Respect must be earned.