Tacking on gun charges for those who face murder, robbery and assault charges may strike some as overkill. It's not.
I'd say that depends.
If the gun allows me to victimize more people, punish me for that.
But like "hate crimes," whether I kill you because you're black or white, or with a brick or a gun, you're going to be just as dead.
And what may seem like self defense in your eyes may be portrayed to a jury as an assault or murder.