Zimmerman claims he was on his way to Target when he spotted Trayvon. So why did he need a gun?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

151. I guess in that limited situation it might make sense.

But beyond current and former LEOs, it gets a lot more skeptical.

For the record, I don't own any guns, concealed or in-house, nor do I have any desire to (unless I happen to witness a mafia murder). Still, I'm not opposed to someone keeping a single handgun in their house, so long as it is kept safely and away from children. Or--while I am not a hunter nor am I a big fan of hunting--I still don't have a problem with someone keeping a hunting rifle in their house, again so long as it is safely stored and kept away from children.

But honestly, people who feel the need to stockpile multiple guns in their house, including semi-automatic or automatic weapons, or people who (other than the limited circumstances that you and I recognize) feel the need to arm themselves so that they can feel they are the law or who feel in constant fear that they will become the victim of some horrible shootout--I just don't get that mentality. At all.