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Originally Posted by willravel
Wait, I'm a liberal yuppie.
My answer: Disarm and disable. Separating someone from a knife is actually very simple, and once you've gotten the knife not only are they not armed, but they know you are and you're capable. Worst case? After I take his knife, he continues to attack and I have to put him in some basic lock (preferably knocked out but not otherwise injured).
I could shoot him, in this scenario, but then I will have killed someone. That doesn't sit right with me.
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I may be a bit late in posting, but I think that you are forgetting the crackhead factor in this scenario. If the assailant was high on crack/PCP/meth/etc. you might find him a bit harder to subdue. You might even find that you can't without breaking his limbs to the point that he can't physically use them.
Personally, I would feel much safer using the Glock, hopefully it's chambered in something beginning in .4- and hopefully he doesn't get back up to attack my family. Again, the Taser is an option, but getting your hands on a Taser as a civilian might be difficult, and hopefully it acts as advertised.