I know the guy is a liberal and some people(there is a rumor, though I haven't seen it for myself) don't like his music. But in his book "A Pirate looks at 50". He lists things that he sees as essential when he travels. Among these are a 1911A1 .45 and a shotgun. I also find that those are good things to carry. He actually went into more detail on them but I don't remember what they were. Just wanted to let ya'll know he's not all bad politically speaking