Generally, people willing to attack you know what they're doing, so if you face them with a knife, they'll probably be better using it than you then they'll kill you, kick your a**, then probably kill you again.Besides, thief's knives tend to be bigger than a little dagger one of us could nervously swing.
I'd say just go out with some people, don't be alone in suspicious places or at the wrong time.
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