Just picked it up this afternoon, and a real good read so far.

A recommendation from Gear Patrol and acclaim from Lee Child were sufficient to bubble this to the top of my reading list.

Thanks a lot GearPatrol. I can't wait to test it out. I wonder if I can use bacon fat...?

My Grado SR60s are by far the best headset I have owned. Comfortable and great sound, but just not discreet enough for gym use. An in-the-ear set would be greatly appreciated.

http://www.gradolabs.com/product_pages/sr60.htm

My bacon fat strainer/container, because bacon fat is THE secret ingredient to almost everything I cook.

http://www.cooking.com/products/shprodde.asp?SKU=...

http://filterchef.com/index.php?main_page=product...

Megatron, because flying tanks rock.

Ben,

Great article on a very overlook aspect of a gentleman's wardrobe. Any particular reason you didn't mention their line of trouser clamps?

I have been meaning to pick up a set (they were out of stock last time I checked, but I see they are now back), and was wondering if you or anyone else at GearPatrol has any experience with them?

Roan.

Jason,

It does not say to form militias.

The phrase "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State" is a prefatory clause, and not a precondition.

The right to be protected is "the right to keep and bear arms."

It does not say, "the right of the people to form select militias shall not be infringed." It protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms.

The clear meaning of the 2nd Amendment has always been that the right of individual citizens to keep and bear firearms is not to be infringed by the government, and the clear reason they put into the Amendment for protecting this individual right is the hope to retain a body of the population possessing and well-trained in the use of firearms. Not a standing army (which is prohibited by the Constitution) and not a select-militia (basically an army fielded by a state), but individual citizens in the populace, who would be capable of resisting tyranny imposed from without or from within the borders of the country.

To interpret the Amendment otherwise, you're going to have to present compelling arguments which overcome the numerous examples and the clear reasoning used by the majority in Heller.

http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2... (PDF format)

Nothing perilous about not being an American, as I am also not an American.

Knowledge, not use, has the potential to make you a better man.

I do not understand how you believe that the article is implying what you are claiming. I have little interest in watches, yet I do not believe that the article on watches somehow implies that I am a lesser man for my own personal preferences.

You appear to be mistakenly viewing the articles as requirements to being a better man, whereas I believe that are all optional.

Benchmade makes the best everyday carry knives in my opinion. I have been using my 3550 Mel Pardue for the last 10+ years and nary a problem.

Knowledge, of almost any kind, will make you a better man. Depending of course how you choose to apply said knowledge.

Your initial comment presented your opinion that "real men do not need firearms"; now you appear to believe that "a real man only uses force in self-defense."

Which is it friend? Is a man that uses a firearm to defend the life of his family not a real man in your opinion? If not, then you have just contradicted your initial comment. If so, I would love to hear your explanation how defending your family emasculates you?

If your claim that "guns simply beget unnecessary violence" has any basis in reality, then there must have been no unnecessary violence before the advent of firearms. Since we know that not to be the case, it can safely be concluded that your claim is false.

In the spirit of my initial comment regarding respect; no one is asking that you enjoy or even approve of the article. All I would ask is that you afford those of us who do own and appreciate firearms that same respect and understanding that we afford you and those like you who do not like firearms.

One of the great things about GearPatrol is the variety of topics they cover. There are articles that I have zero interest in and even occasionally disagree with vehemently. I however respect that there are other men who do not share my opinion, and as such I am content to simply ignore them and move on to the articles that I can relate to in a positive manner.