Most situations can be avoided through common sense...others can be avoided through the use of good communication skills (knowing how to be assertive, yet assuage another party...or be able to present yourself with an air of strength to dissuade would be assailants.)
Still...if you are unlucky, unfortunate, or living the type of lifestyle that raises the odds...you need to smarten up, and -to quote Chopper Read- "harden the **** up".
I certainly think that somebody who knows how to use a weapon can easily get out of a situation with multiple, larger attackers...
Cut and run. If you know the slightest bit about weapon retention, and you are aggressive enough to actually use the weapon instead of holding it out to be taken, then...yeah...you should be able to escape from that type of a situation.
If you jump up the level of force on a group of assailants who didn't think they'd have to deal with one of their friends bleeding out, you've essentially turned the tables on them psychologically. There goes their espirite de corps, their morale. Make them worry about getting their buddies to the hospital.
The whole thing is- YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO GO THERE. Don't carry a knife if you won't use it...because they might be willing to use it on you, and they will likely overpower you and take strip it from you.
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