Your points are well-taken... You're sort of like the Marshall McLuhan of firearms forums... "The medium is the message"... Beyond all the minutiae, by far, the hugely most important factor for firearms enthusiasts is... TO HAVE A GUN... The rest is mostly just "somethin' to do"... It's so true.
Now that we have that out of the way... What do you carry?
Steve Lee's "I Like Guns" on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TC2xTCb_GU