In a D20 Modern game we were playing, we were making characters, and one of our friends who was not playing looked at the cover of the book and loudly proclaimed "What kind of idiot takes a sword to a gunfight!? What a dumbass."

So we all laugh, and about a half hour later, the guy in question decides that he wanted to play after all. So we help him get his character together. What does he choose to play?

A Fast Hero who's primary weapon is a three-section-staff.

He ends up getting wasted in the very first gunfight when he breaks cover to run up and get into melee with a guy. Then gets mad because "It is stupid that a single shot from a gun can kill you."