I&#x27;m pretty sure the most common scenario is 1 on 1, or 1 on a few you&#x27;re not willing to abandon, like SO or family, or multiple assailants, a small criminal &quot;gang&quot;, on 1 or a few.  The lone nutcase assault is very rare in comparison to normal crime.<p>If it&#x27;s a few on your side you&#x27;re not willing to abandon, it&#x27;s entirely another matter and beyond the scope of our discussion.<p>If there&#x27;s only one target, yourself, then if the one or more assailants are already within &quot;critical distance&quot; I personally don&#x27;t think the difference between edged weapons  and guns is &quot;night and day&quot;, but I agree it&#x27;s still quite big.