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In reply to the discussion: White Pastie Faced Doughboys who think they are tough guys... [View all]braddy
(3,585 posts)having been friends with countless numbers of them and mercenaries over my life, I know that they know the importance of weapons, the last thing a warrior wants to do is to be caught bare handed.
I can guarantee that your uncle would have preferred to have a gun.
We call it luck, real men don't depend on luck to protect their families when all that stands between them and their family's fate at the hands of a madman, or criminal, is that somehow they win a barehanded fight to the death against a bad guy or guys that brought whatever weapons they wanted.
If you prefer to fisticuff it up with robbers, rapists and murderers hoping that you win and of course that they are so decent as to lay down their weapons before you start, or that they will leave your wife alone after beating you fair and square in a gentlemanly fair fight, feel free, but don't try to tell fighting men that they prefer it.
By the way, if you think so much of your uncle and his rare special war skills and talents, why would you insist that he remain forever unarmed after leaving Special Operations?