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> It's much harder to kill people with a knife than with a gun. This seems like a reasonable statement, but I don't think it's true. If I had to be shot with
by Ancapistani 4y ago
> It's much harder to kill people with a knife than with a gun.
This seems like a reasonable statement, but I don't think it's true.
If I had to be shot with a handgun from close range or stabbed with a kitchen knife, I would absolutely choose being shot. You're statistically far more likely to survive a shooting than an attack with a bladed weapon.
- bayesian_horse 4y agoWere did you pull that "statistic" out of? There haven't been 641 "mass stabbings" in 2022 in the US. Plenty of people also get killed by shotgun. Still, shotguns probably aren't the worst offenders and that sounds like a total red herring when school children get dismembered by assault style rifles somewhat regularly.