Knife VS Gun

The Microtech Store KNIFE VS GUN Have you ever wondered how a knife and gun would perform in a deadly situation? Which is more dangerous? What would happen if you were attacked? Lets find out... scenario 1: Gunpoint Robbery Imagine you are held the ground and the criminal has their gun pointed to the back of your head. What can you at gunpoint. You are on do? YOU OOULD: Quickly turn around and grab your opponent's weapon. POSSIBLE OUTOOMES: A You are too slow and get shot. e You are fast enough to grab the gun, but it still goes off, in your hand. O You disarm your attacker and turn their weapon against them. deaths per year by a firearm 40,000 30,694 30,896 30.242 30,138 28,874 28,683 29,673 29,660 30,000 20,000 10,000 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 FACT: Louisiana has the most gun homicides in the United States scenario 2: Knife-point Robbery Imagine you are held up at knife-point. Your hands are in the air and the criminal has their knife pointed to the back of your head. What can you do? YOU OOULD: Quickly turn around and grab your opponent's weapon. POSSIBLE OUTOOMES: A You are too slow and get sliced. A You reach for the attacker's knife, but fail and grab the blade instead of the handle. O You grab the attacker's wrist and disarm the knife after a short struggle. deaths per year by a knife 1,914 1,866 2,000 1,828 1,831 1,500 1,000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 FACT: Since 1980 the number of people routinely carrying knives in North America has increased by 92% What are your wounded: chances of dying? 40% Mortality Rate if you are shot in the head region 20% Mortality Rate if you are shot in the core/chest/back region 16% Mortality Rate if you are shot in the leg or arm regions 10% of victims who are shot, die from their wounds WHY CHOOSE A GUN OVER A KNIFE? QUICK ATTACK | | MULTIPLE ATTACKS GREATER RANGE 30% of victims who are stabbed, die from their wounds WHY CHOOSE A KNIFE OVER A GUN? | | ULIMITED NEVER QUIET ATTACK AMMO JAMS departed: annual murders by guns & knives 15,000 10,000 5,000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 SOURCES: http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/offenses/expanded_information/data/shrtable_07.html http://www.disastercenter.com/cdc/Table_19_2006.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jan/10/gun-crime-us-state http://www.shootingvoodoo.com/index.php/articles/gunshot_wounds_and_you/ http://www.usadojo.com/articles/knife-vs-gun.htm Under the Gun: Weapons, Crime and Violence in America By James D. Wright, Peter H. Rossi, Kathleen Dalys Lethality of Firearm-Related Injurie in the United States Population Beaman, et al, Annals of Emergency Medicine 35:3 March 2000 Outcomes Related to the Number and Anatomic Placement of Gunshot Wounds Carr, et al, The Journal of Trauma 64:1 2008