I just want agree with you on your Alpha point. It’s not about being macho, shooting guns etc. Its about knowing your value, being direct, decisive, leading and going for what you want in life without compromising your beliefs and values.
Actually, I think being macho comes across as the opposite of Alpha. When I am feeling alpha, I don't have to be macho. It is when I act macho that I am probably feeling beta. In a wolf pack, the alpha rarely starts a fight. He has an air of confidence about him. Fights usually happen when a beta wants to move up in the ranks can challenge.
But I am not sure why shooting guns keeps coming up. If you are opposed to guns, fine. However, I am record here, multiple times, of suggesting the gun range as a way for LBSs, both MALE AND FEMALE, to go GAL. It has nothing to do with being macho. Or overtly male. Or even Alpha. For me it was the best activity I engaged in for GAL that took my mind off my sitch. When you are on the firing line at a gun range, it demands your full attention. You have to practice gun safety. You have be aware of the firearm you are firing (they all are slightly different, safety or magazine release all in a different location, etc). You have to concentrate on proper shooting form, squeezing the trigger not pulling it, follow through, breathing. It is a 100% absorption activity. AND that got my sitch off my mind like no other GAL activity I engaged in. Going to the movies? Nope, still thought about my sitch. Hanging out with friends? Nope, still thought about my sitch. IC? Still thought about it. Reading? Still thought about it? Hunting? Still thought about it.
But at the gun range....for that one hour....my mind was completely focused on the task at hand. It was the only GAL I tried that took my mind completely off of my sitch. That is why I suggest it to LBSs, and for no other reason. If there are other activities that require that kind of focus, then I say go for it. But that is what worked for me.
M(53), W(54),D(19) M-23, T-25 Bomb Drop - Dec.23, 2017 Ring and Piecing since March 2018
