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- Jun 13, 2020
Can't PL too much, but I just had to explain to several friends why tackling someone with a knife is a great way to get your ass killed, or at the very least lose a whole lot of blood and get some scars......Is that guy legitimately insane? Who the hell is going around teaching people to tackle someone with an assault rifle who just shot people? What kind of idiot would think that was a good idea at all? Thats exactly how people darwin award themselves. These people should ask the red army how charging people with guns turns out. Even if you did manage to tackle someone in such a situation you'll die doing it
I can't say this enough: the vast majority of people in the first world have zero understanding of violence. Everything is abstracted and compartmentalized in their minds because they've only ever read vague descriptions of it. It's scarily similar to the underpants gnome meme.
Step 1: Tackle
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Problem solved!
The thing I don't get is, I've never been in a knife fight. I don't ever wish to get in a knife fight. But I am keenly aware that if someone has a knife, the only safe way to handle them is with a ranged weapon. It seems so obvious. The only counter to a weapon is another weapon with greater reach. It's common sense. So why do so many people think that bear hugging someone means you won't get stabbed? How is it possible to come to that conclusion?