520,
I'm not calling you names. I didn't mean to address any comments to you. If I did, I'm sorry, it was unintentional. I'll rephrase what I said. If I'm on the jury in a case where a civilian with three guns shot somebody, that factor alone is enough that I'm going to give him a second look and wonder whether I believed he could have considered every option other than lethal force. If he's got three guns on him because he's moving, coming back from the range, hunting (like I said, with a .22 plinker, a revolver and a hunting rifle), or he's got another explanation, than it explains all the weaponry, and all's well in my mind. If he's a cop or private security with a sidearm, backup and long gun (or spare pistol in his coat pocket, etc) then, again, it's a different story in my mind.
That said, you tell me you had no choice but to shoot someone, and you were carrying three handguns, yeah, I'm going to wonder if you really had no choice. It doesn't mean that's my final thought, it doesn't mean you can't 100% justify it, but it's a red flag.
Since I think cops are more suspicious than me, I expect multiple guns to be a flag to cops as well. Therefore, I'd worry about what cops might think, and I'd worry about whether having more than one gun will tip the scales against me when a cop is debating arresting me, ticketing me, or otherwise ruining my day.
This doesn't mean you don't have the right to carry three guns, and it certainly doesn't mean that there is no good reason for having more than three guns in your possession at once. To the range, hunting trip, moving, camping, buying and selling, work related, etc. If you just want three at once, then if it's legal, fine. I see it as being a red flag that could get you a second look. It doesn't make it wrong, it just invites a second look.
Doug,
If someone's out to get you, then a long gun and two handguns might make sense. If your not in witness protection, carrying diamonds, a secret agent, a cop whose worried about people he's locked up, or in the business of being sent into harms way (military, cop, some types of security), then why do you think you need two revolvers and an AR15 at all times, and what makes you think you'd survive a situation where you needed that much firepower?