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Serious question: If you're in a close-quarters fight, do you trust a knives or a pistol?
A knife is silent, lethal, no reloads, no jamsβjust pure survival instinct. But youβve got to get real close, and if you mess up, youβre done.
A pistol might feel safer, but at point-blank? Miss or jam, and youβre holding dead weight. Plus, adrenaline can mess up your aim.
So, which do you take when itβs do-or-die? The up-close savagery of a knife, or the (sometimes) unreliable punch of a pistol?