I agree with The Grump. I do not fear the gun or the knife. It is the one who may be handling it.

The person behind the gun or knife.

Generally, i don't afraid of any of them. But i have my theories as well!!

1.If i have to choose, i'd say guns, because knife, you have time to defend yourself, person must high likely approach, people barely risk to throw knives specially if they don't have other weapons so it's much easier to defend, … Read more

Both cause me to move in the opposite direction, but cornered it depends on the distance.

Best defense against either is to run away.

The knife has a better chance of opening up a major artery, while the gun tends to ricochet inside the body to do "Unseen" damage . . .