Thread: Air pistols and robberies

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Yes I have been threatened with a knife,I knocked him on his arse and picked up his knife (not a recommended course of action) but a firearm can reach out and kill from a distance you have no opportunity to defend yourself from,A pistol has the potential to shoot say everyone in a dairy in a matter of seconds, a screwdriver does not have the same potential.

@veitnamcam

I'm glad you were young and strong enough to defend yourself back in that situation.

Screwdrivers (and knives) do not have the same mass-killing potential as handguns. This is balanced however by the fact that there are so many more of them, and in many more hands. They therefore might warrant more severe deterrents against abuse, but definitely not less.