Originally Posted by Ματθιας

No one said that.



There's a difference between an animal and a human. Huge difference.



A knife is an intimate weapon. The combatants will be close enough to smell each other. They'll be fighting for their lives and control, retention, of that knife. A firearm, gives time and space. That is given up with hand to hand and/or a knife. Is that a situation that anybody wants to be with no skills?

If the person is older and out of shape with no skills and they try to use a knife against a younger, faster, stronger, more determined opponent, an opponent who has basic skills, and (with all the MMA classes, there are a lot of people - good and bad- have basic skills) and have a knife with no idea how to use it, they are done. A no skills person is a huge danger to themselves.

If anybody thinks they don't need skills to carry a defensive/fighting knife, I say go to ANY martial arts class and spar with the beginners and see how that goes.