"...so? It's not a contest."
It's a statement on preparedness. Semi-auto, revolver, lever-action, bolt action - hammer fired, striker fired - cylinder, tube mag, box mag, helical mag, single-shot - iron-sights, reflex sights, hologram sights, scopes..... You could pick any random gun, and there's a very good chance that within a few seconds I will know how to operate it. That gives me a tremendous advantage.
"That's nothing. I can hit a deer with my car."
I was making a statement on the distances I can be effective. The deer will see/hear the car coming - my bullet will be a complete surprise.
When I think about the scenarios I want to prepare for, hair-brained solutions like "I just tape a bunch of phone books to myself..." never cross my mind. I wear my body armor to train because I want to be prepared for the day when I may need to wear it. The same goes for my wife, and it's a good thing we train like this because I found that she can't handle the same type of armor that I wear - it's too heavy. While I'm wearing level IV steel plates, she's wearing composite ceramics that cost 3 times as much but at a fraction of the weight.
This only scratches the surface. My hobbies include: my family surviving anything.
Good luck, if the scenarios we game ever happen. You'll need it.