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Monday, March 03, 2025

Carries a machete in her car.....

A Nashville woman is in custody after allegedly attacking a maintenance worker with a machete at her Madison apartment complex.

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Looking back, I guess I've always owned a machete to cut brush and such, but I can't ever remember wanting to put it in my truck as a weapon.

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    1. Often times a concrete jungle out there.

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  2. I don't leave home without it...

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  3. Probably a compulsive volunteer kudzu eradicator.

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  4. I keep both a Cold Steel Spetnatz shovel and Tramontina machete (16" blade?) in my locked toolbox in the bed of my truck. They are handy tools when roadwork or brush clearance is required along the ranch roads. Both could serve as self defense (NOT against a firearm) but a beat down - yes, IF it is available to grab at the moment.

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  5. Maybe she goes camping a lot?

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  6. I keep one under my truck seat. I have for 50 years.

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  7. Back in the 60's my Dad brought me a "picker stick" from work and told me to keep it under the seat of my Chevy II in case I needed it. Old textile workers will know!

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    1. Daughter keeps a 2 foot prybar between seat and door. She has the tip razor sharp and dipped it vinegar to rust so it won't look premeditated, according to her.

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  8. Yeah, occasionally I wonder what I'd say if a cop needed to search my truck and asked me if there are any weapons in there. You mean, aside from the gun on my belt, the gun in the locked case, the 4 or 5 knives (filet, bowie, utility, other), the camping axe, the shovel, the machete, the hammer, the mallet, etc. and so on. Seriously, I go camping a lot and just leave that stuff in the truck. And don't forget the toolbox with the understanding that every tool is a hammer if you hit something hard enough.

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    1. When I used to travel I always had a rifle between the passenger door and seat. Got pulled over by a chp who came up on the passenger side. If he'd opened the door it would have been bad news.

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  9. If you keep a bat in the car, keep a baseball glove too. Your lawyer will thank you

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    1. Yup. I came here to say that.

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    2. I have a couple baseballs with the "nephews" names on them in the tool box also.

      Neck

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  10. My truck box has a machete in it. But it also has an axe, a hatchet, a shovel, a saw, bungees, tow straps, jumper cables, tie downs, and a cargo net.

    None of those are carried for the purpose of being a weapon. That's what the gun I carry is for...

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