Defending against a knife attack

[Jose]

At a range of 7'-10' an attacker armed with a knife will likely be able to close and grapple with you before you can clear a gun

If you just stand still and try to draw, yes.

If you move and create distance and uncertainty in your adversary, you can easily get the upper hand and prevail.

[kevin9]

If you just stand still and try to draw, yes.

If you move and create distance and uncertainty in your adversary, you can easily get the upper hand and prevail.

Very good points. Of course doing so requires that one be able to do more than one thing at a time (sorta like thinking while typing). Sadly such skills seem to be less common these days.

[Mass-diver]

They recommended shooting to break the attackers hip which would cause an instant collapse of the attacker.
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Seems like pretty bad advice to me.

[glostamon]

Seems like pretty bad advice to me.

+1

They recommended shooting to break the attackers hip which would cause an instant collapse of the attacker.

I would rather break the attackers heart..(in a non-romantic way)

[jager]

DON'T GET HIT !!!

[jmjkd]

Yup good rule, they tell that to Tom Brady every Sunday, Mohammad Ali before every fight and ever solider going into to battle. Some times there's just no rules….:)

[P2A]

They recommended shooting to break the attackers hip which would cause an instant collapse of the attacker.

It would?

[JimConway]

I have seen a lot of comments about just drawing your gun. Consider for a moment, that the knife will, in most cases, come into view only at very close, bad breath, distances. At these distances, accessing a firearm will be either very difficult or impossible. Are you really going to use one hand for defense against the knife while you try to access your firearm. I have seen if tried but have never seen it succeed. This is just something to think about