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Old 10-25-2006, 11:21 AM   #2
MaggieL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by glatt
I mean that a gun does more damage than a knife.
Well, that's petitio principi; (question-begging).

But it's also not true. Guns do have more range than knives, but a knife, depending on it's size and how it's wielded, can easily do more tissue damage than a bullet. And a bludgeon can deliver more kinetic energy.
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