Leon wrote:


Why, did you buy them if you did not need them?

We often see a similar question in regard to guns, usually framed in an
accusatory fashion: "Why do you need a firearm capable of [holding 30
bullets, spraying death indiscriminately, that looks so menacing, capable of
bringing down an airliner, etc.]?"

This is often followed by the opinion that: "No one needs ..."

The operative word is not "need;" the action word is "want."