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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Flamestrike" data-source="post: 8294180" data-attributes="member: 6788736">Firearms ARE more lethal!If you were standing 3 feet from me and I had a choice of a wheel-lock pistol firing a .75 cal ball, or a sword, I'm taking the gun.You get shot in head, abdomen or the the chest, and you go down nearly instantly and die very soon after; you're in no position to be fighting after a shot to the chest or head at point blank range. Firearms have incredibly high lethality, and stopping power far in excess of a sword strike (lunge or hack).Presuming someone was fighting back, even unarmed against a sword user, the unarmed person would likely wind up with several defensive cuts of varying severity before an incapacitating blow could be delivered (likely smashing down on an arm breaking bone and severing nerves and muscle, or potentially even the entire limb if forceful enough) which in turn would open the victim up for a killing blow to be delivered (likely a thrust through the chest or abdomen).Most victims of sword attacks died hours or days later from blood loss or critical organ failure from a destroyed organ.Getting hit with a single musket ball and you're probably going to die seconds after. It's a lot easier to hit a critical area with a gun (the chest or head) than it is with a sword, the damage it causes is generally far worse than what a sword can do with a thrust through those areas, and the stopping power is far greater (a sword thrust hurts now, and kills you later, a bullet generally stops you then and there). You generally need to be literally hacked to death with a sword or similar edged weapon, receiving multiple blows for the same lethality you get from a firearm.Pull a gun on someone with a sword. If they dont back down, I know where my money is going.</blockquote>

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