crazy, I disagree with both of your suggestions. kit tools imo should stay wood. wood tools are actually a tiny bit more useful in some ways, they can be used in a furnace. for a noob if they cant find coal, wood tools could be used as fuel. (I have actually done this before while mining, had a silk pick and no torches, and no cobble for a furnace). for a noob, id say they should start with lowest tier, not second tier items (wood vs stone tools).

as for gunner kit, the gunner bow having fire can be used to ignite the tnt you get with the kit. again, I have seen this used. i think the fire enchant is more useful in kit gunner. punch is just annoying, especially if you bow spam ;P