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Crosshair · January 22, 2009, 02:14 PM

I was reading on that somewhere and it turns out that the criminal with a gun was more likely to simply brandish it or fire a warning shot, where the criminals with knives were MUCH more likely to actually use them against people.

In the end, the crimes where the perp had a knife tended to result in more injuries than in the ones where the perp was armed with a gun.
Don't remember where I read that though.

January 22, 2009, 02:14 PM	#3
Crosshair Senior Member Join Date: December 16, 2004 Location: Grand Forks, ND Posts: 5,333	I was reading on that somewhere and it turns out that the criminal with a gun was more likely to simply brandish it or fire a warning shot, where the criminals with knives were MUCH more likely to actually use them against people. In the end, the crimes where the perp had a knife tended to result in more injuries than in the ones where the perp was armed with a gun. Don't remember where I read that though. __________________ I don't carry a gun to go looking for trouble, I carry a gun in case trouble finds me.