http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment...-sword-attack/

 

I've been in the situation where a psycho roommate forces himself into my room. My reaction was the same, minus the stabbing. It ended with sword pointing at body action. Any sane person is going to pretty much back down after that. So I can't imagine this was anything more than self defense.

 

This is the 21st century, people! Get a gun already!

 

Actually, I wouldnt mind if we went back to the days of sword fighting. It would make things much much more interesting....

 

I like my guns and all, but beheading a dude is a lot more instantaneous and precise.

 

um . . .no.

 

At that range, yes.

 

Swords aren't more precise unless you're a skilled practitioner of something like Kendo. Approximately 100% of the population of the USA are not certified ninja. When guns came to japan, the samurai class fell hard, to peasants not even worthy of carrying a dignified weapon like a sword. And unless you take a head clean off, sever a spinal cord, or put BOTH legs out of commission, all of a sudden you are within contact distance of someone who is an unknown position on the spectrum from dead to Rodney King level PCP high feeling no pain.



A Mozambique Drill is something you CAN practice at home and even get good at . . . and (something like) it can be done from across the room, while backing away from crazydudes. And if you mess it up, you have up to a dozen or more tries depending on magazine capacity. No, you won't be shooting tight groups on a moving head . . . but then again who are we kidding - you're not cutting off a moving head either.



Nobody wins a stabbing competition. Knife fights are a little better, if you are good. Coming from someone who HAS been badly cut with a pocket knife, take my advice: it's better to shoot somebody a bunch of times than to get cut.

 

Surface area of the sword vs. surface area of a bullet.... I'll just let you do the math



And around 87% of the population have a drivers license yet most still can't do that right. But no, i think you're onto something here. I mean, logical progression and all.



And it's a known fact that every one of those battles occurred in a 12x12 box.



I forgot all of that was in center mass. Sorry





Just in case you one day wake up to find Chris Benoit is your roommate.



Unless "Rodney King level PCP high feeling no pain." Oh, forgot about that part.



My point exactly.



Um, actually depending on the weight, strength, sharpness, etc of the sword, it's possible. Either way, even a novice swinging wildly, the sword equivalent of spray 'n prey, toward the face has a good chance of landing a hard hit to critical organs: brain, eyes, etc. Effectively dropping even the most drugged assailant.



Clearly he did



But that's not the scenario given, is it?

 

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Really? REALLY! This is your closing argument? "I was cut once by a small blade, therefore getting hit with a much larger, weighted bladed implement designed solely to wage physical war must not be anywhere near as effective as a bullet."

I'm not even going to critique that any further.