How do nuclear weapons or aircraft carriers prevent me from being shot by a robber who has easy access to guns?
They don't.
However what they do do is prevent the godless, left-wing, socialist, liberal, pinko, commie hordes from Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, the Austrian Empire, Azerbaijan, Baden, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bavaria, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin (Dahomey), Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Brunswick and Lüneburg, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso (Upper Volta), Burma, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Central American Federation, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Germany (German Democratic Republic), Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Federal Government of Germany (1848-49), Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Hanover, Hanseatic Republics, Hawaii, Hesse, Holy See, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kingdom of Serbia/Yugoslavia, Kiribati, Korea, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Lew Chew (Loochoo), Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nassau, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North German Confederation, North German Union, Norway, Oldenburg, Oman, Orange Free State, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papal States, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Piedmont-Sardinia, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Genoa, Republic of Korea (South Korea), Republic of the Congo, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Schaumburg-Lippe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, The Bahamas, The Cayman Islands, The Congo Free State, The Duchy of Parma, The Gambia, The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, The Netherlands, The Solomon Islands, The United Arab Emirates, The United Kingdom, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Two Sicilies, Uganda, Ukraine, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe invading the United States of America and enslaving all Americans as a part of their godless, socialist, commie, plot to rule the universe, fluoridate the water, inject diseases into all the children, and use Sherry Law to force all the cheerleaders to wear Burke Hats while making same-sex interracial marriages compulsorary.
We spend more money on defense than the next several nations combined, yet have higher homicide rates than any of them.
Why are you complaining? Haven't you noticed that no one has actually invaded the United States of America for over 175 years? Doesn't that mean that that defence money has been well spent?
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