Background story, Ex white supremacist leader and army veteran shot up a Sikh temple, 6 dead.

Quote:
His community under attack, Sikh Temple of Wisconsin president Satwant Singh Kaleka fought back with all his strength and a simple butter knife, trying to stab a murderous gunman before taking two fatal gunshots to the leg.


http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/08/07/sikh-temple-shootings-victims-heroes.html

Not sure how useful it would have been, but a real knife would work a lot better than a butter knife.