• kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    menace me with a knife

    Regardless, a knife isn’t any risk to innocent people across the street from the intended victim. A gun on the other hand…

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      6 months ago

      How many knives can a disaffected teen carry/throw per minute?

      I wouldn’t seek to downplay how much damage a sufficiently motivated individual with a knife can do in a short space of time, but it is certainly orders of magnitude lower than a firearm in most cases.