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

[The Magistrate]

106. We Will Leave Aside, Sir, That Rates Of 'Justifiable Homicide' In Florida Have Gone Up Steeply

Roughly three times as many cases are being so classed after this law was passed as before: there is no doubt a number of these were killings that would not have taken place without this law, and therefore, while considered 'justifiable' under it, they doubtless were unnecessary killings, and quite likely would be criminal acts under soundly drawn law.

Most persons who place a premium on 'gotta have my gun wherever I go' are in fact habitues of milieux in which their chance of actually encountering violent crime runs between nought and nil, or roughly equivalent to their chances of winning the state lottery or being struck by lightening.

For the rest, the observation of human nature, those who read this exchange may draw their own conclusions regarding which of us has the better grasp of it....