What a dumb a$$ to bring a knife to a gun fight.
“What a dumb a$$ to bring a knife to a gun fight.”
Don’t sell knives short.
Statistically, you have a better chance of surviving a gunshot attack than a knife attack.
Tactical analysis of street encounters reinforces the conclusion that a knife-wielding assailant can close on someone armed with a drawn, aimed sidearm and inflict serious injuries before the individual with the gun can react. Critical distance is about seven yards (21 ft), as other posters have noted. Outside that distance, the knife-wielder’s chance of success decline dramatically.
These facts have been known to law enforcement agencies for at least 30 years. Curricula of training organizations have been revised accordingly.
Edged weapons bring other advantages to the fight: they are silent, they do not run out of ammunition, and they don’t malfunction as often as do firearms.
Advantages of guns:
Less training required.
Less strength, speed, and size required.
Effective at distances outside 21 ft.