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30. So a firearm that is used for legitimate self defense is useless? ...

It is possible that the only reason I am here to reply to your post is because my mother was wise enough to have a tiny revolver in her purse one night in the 1920s.

She was walking back to her house after work when a man who had been hiding behind some bushes rushed her. She fired two shots over his head and he turned and ran.

Where I live now in an economically depressed country in Florida many people hunt deer and feral hog in order to put meat on their table. If they didn't we would be overrun with deer and feral hog. Even so there are so many deer in this area that traffic accidents involving deer are common. Both my son in law and daughter as well as a neighbor two houses from me have had such accidents. I barely avoid one on the outskirts of a neighboring town when four deer ran out directly in front of my car. Fortunately I was only going 35 mph as that was the speed limit at the town limit.

It's also not uncommon to discover a poisonous snake such as a rattlesnake in your yard. A shotgun can eliminate that threat quickly if you live in a rural area.

I will agree that a knife can be used for more things than a firearm. That's why I always have one on my person and I use it many times in a day. However there are plenty of good uses for a firearm.