So you think because you carry and know how to use a gun that you will be able to protect yourself from a knife or cutting instrument attack with ease? For those people that think guns are more dangerous than knives, think again. More than 60% of all people shot with firearms even multiple times survive the attack. Cutting and stabbing victims don’t do nearly as well. Bullet wounds self-seal because of the elastic nature of human tissue. Knife cuts lay open and bleed profusely as the veins and arteries are opened wide.
Then there are those laughably ignorant people (too many are politicians) who want cops or civilians confronted by knife wielding criminals to either shoot the knife out of someone’s hand or just shoot to wound. You’re about to see that such an effort will get you killed.
Watch this video and you will see the knife can easily beat a gun in any contest.
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The knife is a real killer.
I hope everybody who legally concealcarry for protection watches this video.
Nothing personal, but the guy would have been shot about five times before he would have gotten to me...and his skull would have be in about 10 pieces...
Neil Collins
1. The attacker is moving towards his target with a weapon that is DRAWN.
AND
2. The target has taken NO action prior to the attack despite the fact that the assailant is using an aggressive stance and his hands are hidden.
AND
3. The targets do NOTHING to increase the distance between themselves and the attacker or DEFEND against the knife except to attempt to draw their own weapon.
So rather than say a knife wins any confrontation it would be more applicable to say "any drawn weapon in the hands of an aggressive attacker is effective against a target that does not defend against the attack other than trying to draw his own weapon."
Wow, that's a cumbersome axiom but for people who just stand there in front of a charging attacker, I guess it's probably useful.
As mentioned above, the Tueller Drill would be applicable here (as would just about any movement in any direction) as well as a pistol drawn to retention position AFTER DEFENDING and EVADING the attack.
Chet