• @[email protected]
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    342 months ago

    Having the general public feeling that they need to carry a gun for self defense just sounds crazy to me.

    Stabbings have risen here in the UK but generally it’s either a rare occasion where some nutter is on the run or it’s gang related. In general I would never feel the need to carry my own knife around for self defense. I don’t know anyone who carries a knife around with them for self defense.

    • The Menemen!
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      2 months ago

      Imo only an idiot would carry a knife for self-defence, especially if untrained. If someone (probably women especially) feels unsafe, carrying CS-spray would be more reasonable imo.

      • @[email protected]
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        62 months ago

        Its weird you got downvotes. A knife is a terrible weapon for self-defense, the odds of you getting fucked up by your own knife are extremely high. Pepper spray is far superior to a knife for any realistic self-defense situation.

        • @Anyolduser
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          42 months ago

          I knew a paramedic who said that the winner of a knife fight was the one who died in the ambulance instead of on the scene.

        • The Menemen!
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          Doubt they carry knifes for self-defence. But then, gang-members are probably not the people with the best education.

      • @[email protected]
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        12 months ago

        You conveniently left out school shootings. between 2018-2023 more than 1200 school shooting incidents occured. You literally can not kill a dozen of people with knives but u can easily do it with a gun.

    • @[email protected]
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      62 months ago

      Would anyone you know tell you if they carried a knife for self-defense, given that it’s generally a crime to do so in the UK?

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        42 months ago

        Close friends sure and yes you need to have a good reason as to why you’re walking around with a knife in public.

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          52 months ago

          It’s similar in a lot of states in the US. You aren’t legally allowed to carry a knife for self defense, or as a weapon, but recently in my state, the laws were changed so that you can carry any size blade without a reason. So if you say “I carry a knife for defense” you’ll get fined/arrested and your knife would be confiscated, but if you say “it’s for cutting stuff” or nothing at all, thats legal.

          IANAL. Read your local knife laws.

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      22 months ago

      I’d feel fine with someone carrying a weapon if it’s based on a reasonable fear, and they make an effort to stay trained/safe with the weapon. For instance, they exited an abusive relationship with a significant other who feels they “belong” to them.

      But there’s a lot of people who stretch the statement of “I don’t feel safe” to far more cases than make sense.