I don't own one anymore but I have a good machete story.

I was in Atlanta visiting family and had a machete in the back of my pickup that I had long since forgotten about. I'm right downtown looking for parking to visit someone at Grady hospital.

I'm at a red light and there are 4 or 5 democrats on the sidewalk waiting to cross at the crosswalk. These dudes noticed the machete laying in the bed of my truck and eased up next to the truck bed looking at it.

I still didn't know what they were interested in but I quickly went to Defcon 1. Out came the .44 from under my coat laying on the passenger seat. Not pointed and deployed but very visible.

The brothers did nothing of course but if they bothered to look at my tag they are probably still wondering where the hell Wyoming is and what kind of rednecks live there.

I later figured out what had drawn their attention to the bed of my truck. LOL