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Fresh_Start

(11,330 posts) Fri Jul 20, 2012, 05:43 PM Jul 2012

the thing about guns

unlike knives for instance...

if Holmes were armed with knives, he would have been tackled by the other people because they would believe that it was possible to succeed against him

but his weapon intimidated the people because they thought they would be dead and unsuccessful if they tried to retaliate

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the thing about guns (Original Post) Fresh_Start Jul 2012 OP

Actually you have it backwards. A knife is incredibly lethal and difficult to control. Edweird Jul 2012 #1

Edweird

(8,570 posts)

1. Actually you have it backwards. A knife is incredibly lethal and difficult to control.