Quote from Ricter:
Not sure how gun culture got associated exclusively with macho culture. Hand to hand is where it's at, imho. But any wretch can shoot a gun, and it is often wretches who do. Not a lot of wretches go far in hand to hand, though.
You might be surprised at how much gun culture is old culture. Old farts like me usually outnumber younguns on the range. And we have a saying: "Don't start a fistfight with a man who's too old for it. He'll just kill you."
