Everyone is entitled to their opinion.

As I'm sure you well know, many, if not the majority, of samurai felt that guns were a coward's tool. Many Europeans felt the same way about the crossbow. However, in the Sengoku Jidai period, who emerged victorious and are remembered as the great leaders of the period--those who embraced gunpowder weapons, or those who shunned them?

Commanders that allow subjective personal biases to affect their decisions in war strategy and battle do not survive for very long. History has shown that, regardless of what the "elite" thought of gunpowder weapons and crossbows, they were extremely effective tools of warfare. In war (key phrase), a good commander makes use of all available resources to accomplish his goal--win the battle, win the war.

That's my opinion anyway, and the basis of my way of warfare.