I agree with what you’ve said about rifle vs. pistol - in a direct confrontation, the rifle always wins (well, maybe a .22LR vs. a .500 S&W Magnum would turn out differently).
I was just addressing the 100% definiteness of your statement that:
“When a man with a .45 meets a man with a rifle, the man with a pistol will be a dead man.”
No, not always. Mostly, yes, but not always. I have both, and I’d always prefer to have a rifle than a pistol...but I know that the rifle isn’t a magic wand, either, that some miscreant with a pistol can still put a slug in me.
Agreed, and I was just having a small amount of fun with the movie quote. :)