"All men are created equal; Colonel Colt made them that way." There are myriad ways a linebacker can greatly harm someone half his size, but the latters possession of a gun greatly mitigates the formers ability to inflict that harm. It does not ELIMINATE that ability, any more than Nancy Lanzas guns prevented someone already in her home from killing her in her sleep. You have played enough AD&D to know letting someone get close enough for a melee attack greatly diminishes a ranged weapons utility. On the other hand, you have studied enough history to know how well Crecy and Agincourt demonstrated that good ranged weapons can prevent anyone getting close enough for a melee attack. Many women like guns precisely because they offer protection from many men who could otherwise overpower them.

New rule: When people stop feigning ignorance of things they know very well, I will stop reminding them of those same things. Actually, that is not a new rule, just a formal declaration of an existing one.