"I'd think," Anse cut in, "that any guns Kitchell'd have he'd be hangin' on to needin' them his ownself.
Kitchell needed guns himself to protect him from the various mobs that wandered the country. 
mnli hypothesis: Kitchell needed guns himself to protect him from the various mobs that wandered the country.  premise: "I'd think," Anse cut in, "that any guns Kitchell'd have he'd be hangin' on to needin' them his ownself.