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Sorry to disagree crompsin, but swords are not easy to incapacitate someone with and guns are not easy to use - I train with both, though I have more years in with the sword, a gun is not some simple point and click interface- a gun eliminates a lot of the need for muscle, but none of the need for skill- Please do not confuse the two.......... as to the wounding characteristics, to stop someone using a sword requires the same type of attack that using a gun does, that being a potentially lethal one to a vital area- chop off an arm or leg and they will die quite quickly, and that is about the least damaging thing that would stop an attacker RELIABLY that I can think of- a great many people survive gunshot wounds, many of them being criminals shot by homeowners. weapons are tools, designed to kill, and no weapon is inherently honorable or more humane- they are tools, apropriate for different situations but the same in their intent- I prefer to look at it from the philosophical standpoint that "there is the sword that kills and the sword that gives life." a weapon that is used for defense, or to stop a greater evil is a sword that gives life......
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