The knife vs gun debate, demystified. Knife use is instinctual, grip it and swing it to stop an attacker. It never runs out of ammo, and causes far more harm than a gun, which is why I’m at a loss as to why knives aren’t marketed to women more often as effective self-defense tools. A small woman could make mince-meat out of an attacker far more easily than they could if they had to draw their weapon and chamber a round. Counterintuitively, a knife becomes an even better weapon in the panic of the moment. A frightened woman swinging and stabbing wildly with a knife would take out almost anyone. A gun, in the panic of the moment, becomes almost nothing more than an expensive hunk of steel. A knuckle knife is pretty much impossible to drop, making the wielder extremely dangerous.
