What consitutes "going armed"?

Get your concealed carry permit and leave your ball peen hammer at the house.

There is no good reason to NOT conceal carry and be able to save your own life and possibly many others.

You don't want to get in a knife fight with anyone. I carry a pocket knife anywhere I can but I'm under no illusion that it's taking the place of my G26 unless a matter of last resort.

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ETA that I'm asking for a legal definition of what is "going armed".

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And you're coming to the OB for definitive legal info??
I vote w/ the CC crowd. If for some reason a person doesn't want to CC, I'd suggest non-lethat means of self defense, e.g. pepper spray, taser, etc instead of a softball bat.

I have a buddy that's a certified badass who is about to finish up Sheriff's training in Montgomery. One of their trainings was about how to handle people with knives. He said the instructor said (from across the room) "Ok, don't draw until I start coming at you, ready?"

And then the instructor was just all up in their arse knifing the shite out of them with this plastic blade before they could unholster their weapon.

Moral of the story, (besides condition 1 carry #bapple) is that if you can't draw quickly then you are fricked anyway.

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I vote w/ the CC crowd. If for some reason a person doesn't want to CC, I'd suggest non-lethat means of self defense, e.g. pepper spray, taser, etc instead of a softball bat.

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Sigh...no, no, no, I'm just trying to figure out IF carrying a filet knife in a scabbard, or a hatchet, etc. is considered to be "going armed" as would be the case with carrying a handgun. The Minnesota victims were not carrying a handgun. Neither was their attacker. Since the terrorist had a knife, did he violate the law against going armed? And if he did not, then it seems to me that someone without a handgun could at least carry a filet knife or SOMETHING? Personally, I would have a handgun, but again, that's not the point of my question.

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Moral of the story, (besides condition 1 carry #bapple) is that if you can't draw quickly then you are fricked anyway.

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I saw my bat signal so I came running...

Always carry condition 1 or condition 0 (guns with no safety). It's not necessarily a question of the amount of time it takes to draw but whether (a) the gun will be successfully racked and chambered or (b) if you will have both hands available to do so.

A good friend of mine open carries all the time (where permitted by law) and also has his CC permit and has had his CC for years. He has been questioned three times by law enforcement when they saw his weapon on his hip. He is retired and he and his wife tour a lot on their motorcycles. Obviously, LE considered him to be armed or they would not have questioned him and asked to see his permit. Would they have questioned him or anyone else had they seen he was wearing a filet knife in a scabbard, for instance? Or if he was wearing a long blade of any kind? What if, instead of a knife, he had been carrying a billy club or stout stick? Any of these would be construed as a weapon in a confrontation with law enforcement, I imagine. But barring any confrontation and just peacefully going about your business walking down the street or buying groceries, would the cops accuse you of going armed? If I saw someone carrying a sword, I would be curious, to say the least. But I'm not curious or alarmed at all to see someone open carry a long gun or handgun. Is that being hypocritical on my part? Maybe the guy with the sword can't afford a handgun? Maybe he was denied a permit or couldn't buy a handgun because for some reason? But he is carrying a blade or billy club for self defense? Just trying to understand law enforcements' point of view here.

I recently went to an area where my CC permit is not recognized. Its also not legal to carry a blade longer than 3", and many areas that I visited while there (Government intallations) NO blade was legal.

I carried a small high lumen flashlight and good situational awareness.

When possible, my Benchade 940 was clipped. While not ideal, I would have been better prepared to meet or deter a threat with the blade and light that without. Would I have said I was walking around "armed"? Not without a firearm.

Everything is a weapon when applied properly, and the mind the most dangerous.

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I think this is what you are asking. This is the law for Louisiana. Like someone else said. Laws vary from state to state.


Here ya go brah

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Interesting, as that reads, a spring-assisted knife falls under the illegal weapons code. I thought that had been changed.