The illustration below graphs the percentage of assault victims that were injured while defending themselves with specific weapons.
Not sure how reliable this data is, but if accurate it suggests some interesting conclusions.
Offering NO resistance is safer than trying to defend yourself with a knife.
“Safest” of all is defending yourself with a gun.
Curator of whatever tickles my neurons. "Most problems are created not by circumstances but by a particular perception of them." ~ Edward de Bono "Play is the highest form of research." ~ Albert Einstein "All models are wrong; some models are useful." ~ George Box
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