Never (Don't) bring (take) a knife to a gunfight (gun fight) (1989)

[Mullins, Bill]

This probably comes from the 1987 movie "The Untouchables".  Early in the film, Sean Connery's character says:
"You wanna know how you do it? Here's how, they pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. "  Which foreshadows a later scene in which a killer breaks into his apartment, and Connery says:  "Isn't that just like a wop? Brings a knife to a gun fight. "  Unfortunately, his character still ends up dead.
 
 
 

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