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   From: charlesanderson@optushome.com.au   
      
   sk3tchA wrote:   
   > well said, charles.   
   >   
   > as you probably know, someone unwilling to risk cut-up forearms by   
   > grabbing the opponent's (enemy's) knife wrist as tactic #1 is almost   
   > always sure to lose... NUFF SAID!   
   >   
   > here in the states the best tactic is this : bring a knife to a   
   > fistfight, a gun to a knife-fight, and a bomb to a gunfight! After   
   > that, well, I don't know!   
      
   Funny you should say that, the comment "Why take a knife to a gun   
   fight?" was used previously on the knife list.   
      
   It was to do with a very large wasted steel knife.  I must admit I gave   
   that knife a bagging, I didn't use the term "crowbar", but I came close.   
      
   Regardless the point in America is that a knife is pretty much useless,   
   as you can carry guns.  And we're not talking pop-guns either.  Some of   
   the street legal ordinance would be at home at a minor military action.   
      
   We've never really had guns here in Australia, our population is small   
   enough that we don't need them for protection.  We don't even need   
   knives for protection.   
      
   Target shooters, farmers/hunters and collectors are the only people that   
   want/need them.   
      
   Knives, apart from utility knives are really just for collectors.   
      
   It's a different country with a different social culture.   
      
      
      
   Regards Charles   
      
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