I’m by no means an expert, but I’d expect the situation be quite lower from the attacking perspective. A gun might not be a very useful defense against a surprise knife attack, but for a surprise attack I think a gun would do quite well, even against someone holding a knife.
Note that in Eliezer’s story the question was how a 9 year old might attack a martial arts instructor, not how he would defend from him.
I’m by no means an expert, but I’d expect the situation be quite lower from the attacking perspective. A gun might not be a very useful defense against a surprise knife attack, but for a surprise attack I think a gun would do quite well, even against someone holding a knife.
Note that in Eliezer’s story the question was how a 9 year old might attack a martial arts instructor, not how he would defend from him.