RE: [DL] Firing and HtoH

[J Tolle <jwtolle@altavista.com>]

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>"I'll have to disagree with that. Have you ever seen >an experienced knife fighter?

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>Firing on a dodging target at close range is a lot >harder than most people think.

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OK, I'll give you that someone who is experienced w/ a knife is a deadly fellow.  But you quote an example of someone who is experienced with a knife going up against someone who is obviously not nearly as experienced with a gun.  The whole gist of the original question was why is there a larger target number for knife fighters.  (ie why is it harder to use a knife than a gun.)

Without getting into a "my-character-can-kill-your-character" type of argument, this is spurious logic at best.  Of course someone who is skilled at knife fighting is going to gut me like a fish - no matter what I have in my hands.  Try an expert knife maneuver against an expert marksman and there will be a different story.

Now I don't claim that the gunman will win every time, but I will say that the difference in TN is easily justifiable.

In addition you desribe a situation where the opponent already has thier weapon out, while your is holstered.  Again, I cry no really fair.  Of course - all other things equal - I would rather have my weapon out than not.  DUH!  However, this was not the original thrust of the question.  In the given situation, both folks had thier weapons out.

So - Let's even out the footing, since that was the example cited in the original post.  I would have to say, given equal skill and readiness with either weapon, pick the gun.

Jeff "It's all in there" Tolle


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