Knives are very useful as utility tools and you may also carry one as a personal-defense tool, but is this a wise decision? Depending upon assignment, my clients who are either Department of Defense (DoD) employees or civilian law-enforcement officers (LEO), carry a primary and secondary weapon system. High-profile operators carry a carbine as their primary and handgun as their secondary. If the handgun is the primary, then their secondary or backup is often another handgun. Many of my course graduates, DoD and LEOs who carry a gun for their daily job, also carry a knife as a secondary or backup weapon. However, it’s important to note that just carrying a knife doesn’t work like a lucky rabbit’s foot to ward off all evil. You need to train with it like any other weapon system – primary or secondary. The bottom line is, if you are carrying a knife for personal protection and as a secondary weapon system, you have two choices…Read More