Unless you are a cop, then it very common

Actually, very common in a lot.of self defense cases

Close range yes

but shanking someone instead of shooting them is pretty rare

There is a reason the first rule of self defense is create distance

usually they... yeah

you pull out your firearm while moving backwards

and if they're trying to grab something move sideways so that they'd need to take more time to target you

I don't remember all the shit

Point being, at close range even a pistol is not gonna help you.

Until you make space

There are actually training sessions where you utilize semi-automatics and snubnose revolvers in close quarters

and knives too I think

muscle your mammories

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/31/students-at-florida-high-school-stage-walkout-in-support-second-amendment.html

even in california knives are only banned in government buildings, and only past 2 inches

never heard of a problem with banks

It would potentially fall under brandishing a weapon laws.

So it's not so much having it in a bank as pulling it out. They could get very upset by that

i think you'd have to unfold it:P i usually have a folder pocket clipped, no way to accidentally take it out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y49rv3QBtkk

Training video for gun vs knife.

yea i know the tueller drill heh

I wonder why no one asked that dude that said "You can't do that! thats insane" on the knife if: "You're going to tell that to a guy if he's charging at you with a knife to try and kill you?"

I would have replied, "He's right. We should illegalize murder, too."

sad thruth is that they'd prolly be dense enough to say "Thats already illegal"

totally missing your point

lol

these people don't think in logic they think in emotion

which just boils down to "I'm right and we should do what i want because im angry"

Emotion is evil.

Especially with idiots on „the left“ that have a total lack anything even resembling empathy.

Emotion is a motivator,

But just because you're upset doesn't mean you're right, nor should have priority over logic

If you‘re upset and make a decision based on that... you‘re probably wrong.

nah thats not true

If a person swinging a knife, or firing his gun around makes me upset
and i leave the area due to that, its not a wrong idea 😛

but the thing is that is a logical response too

"the left" just doesn't have logic, they just believe that the level of being upset somehow overrides reasoning

I‘m anti gun... not because „think of the children“, but because it is easier to defend yourself from someone who does NOT have a gun... (don’t want to get into it, just an example of logic vs emotion 😉 )and yeah your example is not right because emotion but because logic

I've been over the 'no gun' debate way too many times now to bring forth the typical arguments, myself. lol

the main reasoning behind having guns though,

Is to level the playing field against someone that has more in his arsenal

say you're a scrawny asian woman of 4 ft 5, weighing like 50 kilos
and some 6 ft guy with well over 90 kilos wants to rob you

or someone who has a gun and you're in a locked down area so you can't escape