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.
It sounds like like you gave up a chance to learn something. You had some reason to attend that class, right? Instead of a gunfighting class, or a lawyering class, or a class on calling the police… You can refuse to lift weights in the gym because cranes are better than humans at lifting things, but that won’t make you more fit.
Long, long ago, I think at around age nine or something, I was taking a Tae Kwon Do class.
At one point the master said to me, “Attack me.”
I gave him a skeptical look.
He said, “Attack me the way you would attack me in real life.”
I raised my finger and thumb, pointed it at him, and said “Bang.”
He laughed and called up the next student.
I think that might be a bad choice for close combat. I heard knifes are superior for short ranges...
ETA
Too close—dont underestimate the knife
Knife vs. Gun: Inside Six Feet I’ll Take the Knife
How CLOSE is TOO CLOSE?
(I guess that explains why he laughed at you...a lot to learn about close combat.)
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.
It sounds like like you gave up a chance to learn something. You had some reason to attend that class, right? Instead of a gunfighting class, or a lawyering class, or a class on calling the police… You can refuse to lift weights in the gym because cranes are better than humans at lifting things, but that won’t make you more fit.