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tverbeureyesterday at 6:02 PM2 repliesview on HN

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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mothballedyesterday at 6:45 PM

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.

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dogemaster2025yesterday at 8:57 PM

Sorry but I am not taking my chances.

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