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These posts don’t seem to go through, ever:
Three excellent comments:

James re strategy: ’The true argument is not about which weapon is superior – it is about the type of battle you have to fight, and what you need to use to win that battle. Those decisions are made in the mind’

Aaron re strategy: ’If you ever find yourself in a ”fair fight,” you just fucked up. Lesson one from my Sifu at age 12.’

jamesownsall re doctrine: ’However, today’s warfare demands that a soldier knows his guns too. Same with explosives and assault vehicles.

All weapons have advantages and weaknesses. You can worship one or two, but you’re a fool if you sideline ANY of them.’

Notice the difference between doctrine and strategy. Jamesownsall is assuming that we are preparing state-sponsored warfighters.

The jihadis and mujaheddin fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan (and perhaps in Pakistan) are not preparing assault vehicles. They are preparing IEDs and human intelligence networks. Most of the Americans are prepared for being passengers in assault vehicles and staying out of the way of explosives, but cannot prepare their own IEDs.

Meanwhile, spies still kill people with improvised weapons and everyday objects.

On this topic, a good comment from Anon:
’best weapon nowadays is… metal baseball bat. It FTW! You can carry it in something like a tube for drawings, and then when you meet some bad martial artists, bam!, between the eyes and in crotch. This is the weapon for ”normal” people nowdays.’

Indeed. There are many similar weapons which are vastly more practical than a noisy, expensive gun.