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tverbeure 7 hours ago

In most civilized societies, there's an extremely high chance that somebody wielding a knife doesn't have a gun.

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nsxwolf 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Wielding a knife is a deadly threat so I am not sure what the relevance is.

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tverbeure 5 hours ago | parent [-]

The relevance is that you don’t need to assume that the knife wielding person can hit you from a distance.

One way or the other, this doesn’t seem to be a problem in other countries.

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dogemaster2025 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Sorry but I am not taking my chances.

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mothballed 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Pulling a percentage out of my ass that can't be terribly inaccurate, 99% of police encounters with guns drawn the police are under 21 ft away, at which distance a knife is as dangerous as a gun.

If someone is less than 21 ft from you and they are going to be using a knifes against you, then you should still draw a gun just as often as if they had a gun. So at <21 ft you think guns should be drawn less because they have knives you should also be thinking guns drawn the ~exact amount less no matter which of the 2 weapon they had.

	▲	tverbeure 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		And one way or the other, none of that is a problem is other countries.