Non-firearm weapons for the disabled

I have had two very good friends in chairs due to vehicle accidents and one in a chair due to a diving accident. They came up with several defensive weapons that work for them. the two quads are very limited to what they can use with one hand, as both have partial use of the fingers on one hand and carry a belt buckle push dagger. The para carries 5 weapons, a belt buckle dagger, a 2 inch 66 Smith under his crotch, a Benchmade Automatic in his pocket, and the arm rests of his chair are converted to weapons. He sharpened the underside of his arm rest brace and pipe ends so they can be used for punching with both hands. When out in a crowd he just unlocks the arm rests.

shoobe01 said:

Why is a knife or cane better than a gun? My experience with the elderly, when they start being incapable of using guns especially, is that a key issue is strength and range of motion. By the time firearms are not plausible, we're miles past stabbing, slicing, and striking in any effective manner.

So, seriously, please explain the reasoning so far so we better understand the needs and constraints other than "not a gun."

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Quite simply because there is no where you can go where they can take your cane (or canes) away from you. I can walk into a courtroom or a police station or board an aircraft with a cane.

That's an NPE requirement, not a disabled requirement.