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It does matter that knives appear to be rapidly losing favor with the criminals whose intent is to intimidate a victim to gain compliance.
The conclusion being the knife is not as effective in reality as one would suppose.
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That is a conclusion that could be reached. That is not something confirmed simply by looking at crime percentages.
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Obviously it is not knives.
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It seemed to me that the argument was that a knife could be used for psychological intimidation, not that it was the only option.