--- Jan Coffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > > Unfortunately the equalizer also raises the stakes. > Idiots with guns are much > worse than idiots with knives. But they aren't > really any worse than an idiot > --who is physically larger and more powerful-- with > knives. <snip>
Um, is that last sentence written as you meant? Guns in the hands of a competent-but-'crazy' shooter have far greater potential to take lives than a single knife in the hands of a competent knife fighter, just because of the 'at-a-distance' factor (once a knife is thrown, it has to be retrieved to be wielded again). And an automatic weapon in the hands of even an inaccurate shooter can kill/maim a large number of people, depending on the number of rounds and the shooter's degree of protection from anyone's (bystander or professional) opportunity to take him out. In the open, my chances of evading a competent, determined distant shooter are poor; my ability to deal with a closing knife-fighter is better because I handle half-a-ton of sharp reflexes multiple days a week. But I know nothing about the accuracy/distance of a good knife-thrower - anybody? This Reminds Me Of The Saturday Night Gun&Knife Club Fallout At The ER Maru :P (mostly the surgeons handled that stuff - we only got called in when drugs/diabetes/other weirdness complicated their patch-'em-ups) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
