I’ve been saying for years that if Colin Ferguson had used two Roman short swords (18” blade) when he murdered all those commuters on the Long Island train, he would have come up with roughly the same body count. And swords never run out of ammunition, or have to be reloaded. They rely solely on the physical conditioning and motivation of the user.
I’ve always wondered whether I’d be more frightened by a madman with a gun, or a madman with a knife—and I suspect it’d be the latter.