Lets look at it like this Kite. In order to kill someone with a knife, you have to be very close to them (unless its a throwing knife, and then you need to be extremely skilled at throwing a knife). They have to physically fight the person. The person they are trying to kill might also be able to run from then. Now lets look at a gun. It's practically impossible to out run a bullet. You can shoot someone from 20 feet with little skill, someone with 50 feet with some skill, and someone from 100 with a moderate amount of skill. It is far easier to kill someone with a gun than it is with a knife.
Lets compare it like this. There are two people. Both plan on killing someone. One gets a knife, the other gets a pistol. Neither have any training with fighting with their weapon. Which do you think is more likely to succeed in killing a person?
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Taking away one killing tool isn't going to make much of a difference if you're really bound and determined to kill someone.
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Again, crimes of passion. you walk in on your spouse, and their sleeping with another man. If you have a gun, you might, in a fit of rage, shoot them both, then realize shortly after what you've done and feel terrible and go to jail. Now replace the gun with a knife. Now , in the little time that your enraged, you have to kill both your spouse and the person their with with a knife. This would be a LOT more difficult, and you are also more likely to calm down before you do end up killing someone, since it would take more time to kill a person with a knife than with a gun.