There's a debate about whether Zimmerman should have been carrying

[joshcryer]

96. Oh, that example was just an example. Say that I wasn't actually showing anything.

I would still have more utility for being more aware of my surroundings in a situation where I would lose more if I wasn't than if I was.

Likewise I would see the utility of a weapon as something that can back my moral and ethical inclinations, so I could see myself intervening in situations where otherwise I would not.

For example, when I was shot at, I might have jogged outside to see if I could get the tag number of the car (instead I just ducked down in my house as plaster bits floated in my room).

Or another example, when I was accosted at gunpoint I might have pulled my gun and shot him, rather than simply walking away (he was drunk and his buddies stopped him).

Being robbed of course, that goes without saying. Someone would be dead.

Given this, the utility of the weapon would be less in situations where it wasn't usable and more where situations where it was.

Given that I don't like to waste money, I would be looking for situations where it was.

You're making this about other people but for me it's about me and the level of fear that I am experiencing on a daily basis.