sDot said:
In Tennessee, that is likely to get you in deep trouble, moreso even than if you were to shoot the perpetrator.
You are guilty of carrying an illegal weapon with intent to go armed. With a permit, you have a "handgun carry permit." This has been adjudged to not extend to knives, brass knucks, billy clubs, baseball bats and the like. Maximum knife blade length is, I believe 1 3/4" or so. And there is a distinction made between home and auto.
Bob Wright
It's always in my truck, not as a weapon, but as a tool. I actually do most of my weed whacking and tree trimming with my machete, but if I am being attacked anything on hand becomes a weapon. Even a golf club becomes a weapon when used as one.