Jangel13 said
Can be being the operative word, with a gun it's even more lethal a knife and a street thug using s knife is meant fire then to intimidate you not trying to kill you. He will run out if options then pull out a knife trying to still act tough. Are You just going to keep poking hole in this until you get your way?
Except you have a player carrying one all the time, implying it's something to be brought out quickly. If it's last resort or reserved for big, important stuff, you'd keep that at home, probably in a shoe box under your bed.
On top of that, at least one character had like three family members murdered by the gang. That is some serious shit to deal with, the kind that police and adults totally get involved with