I haven't said word one about gun control, I was telling you about locks. Or are you too caught up in your rhetoric to realize that fact?
And you were telling me about locks to justify guns?
Yes, that's me in the avatar... and if you had even the slightest clue what you're talking about, you'd realize that's a camera bag on my back, I'm in a t-shirt and I'm standing at the top of one of the nice Australian rainforests. In that camera bag, I have a Canon 5dMkII and a bunch of lenses, it weighs about 30 pounds. There is no knife, nor a gun anywhere in the vicinity.
Dude, I wasn't speculating about what was on your back. I was speculating about you and how you might enter the wilderness, given your claims.
As for the camera, good for you. I've had (and carried on my person into high altitude mountain landscapes and slot canyons) a 4x5 field camera and tripod, 35mm film SLRs, DSLRs, a 70-200mm f/2.8 lens, etc. My tripods have ranged from Gitzo, Bogen and Sachtler brands.
As for there being no gun anywhere in the vicinity, I'm glad for that.