Probably best to never admit to carrying anything as a weapon even for self defense. You just happened to grab that pointy everyday item by accident and blindly started swinging.
There is those "tire pressure checker" metal bats, which are clearly self-defense tools, but heavily branded all over them that they're used to tap tires to hear a "thump" to know if you've lost significant tire pressure or not.
There's entire industries built around "never admit to carrying a weapon even for self-defense". Which says that the law around it simply isn't working as it should: It is not effective, AND it is being actively circumvented.
Probably best to never admit to carrying anything as a weapon even for self defense. You just happened to grab that pointy everyday item by accident and blindly started swinging.
There is those "tire pressure checker" metal bats, which are clearly self-defense tools, but heavily branded all over them that they're used to tap tires to hear a "thump" to know if you've lost significant tire pressure or not.
There's entire industries built around "never admit to carrying a weapon even for self-defense". Which says that the law around it simply isn't working as it should: It is not effective, AND it is being actively circumvented.