Quote Originally Posted by Johnus View Post
Never take a knife to a gun fight. Check with a local dealer and take a home defense class.
Otherwise, stick to the baseball bat by the door.
That always sounds real good on paper and in the movies In reality, plenty of well-armed cops and civilians have been killed or seriously injured by knife wielding attackers at typical fight distances - always within 21 feet and often within arm's length. At close range, blades are rapidly deployed and devastatingly effective weapons that can cause massive trauma a long time before you can execute your picture perfect drawstroke. Statistically, your chance of surviving a close-range encounter with a gun-wielding attacker is about 35% - facing an edged weapon attack, this goes down to about 15%... But hey, don't take my word for it - participate in some good force-on-force training and see what happens !