If 2 players of equal skill enter a gunfight and one of them is wielding a Thorn, there are exactly three ways the other person can win. 1) Exotic Hand Cannons 2) Special Weapons 3) Heavy Weapons 'Pussy out' is also an option, but it works worse against Thorn than it does against literally every other gun in the entire game. Not that viable, but worth a shot in desperate situations.