Nobody lives in the arid West? That trusty Pony Featherweight 0 size irrigating shovel, kept sharpened for cutting blue grass sod is a formidable defensive weapon.
Sometimes known to be used offensively during water disputes.
I understand that back in the early days of the iron age, European peasants often carried a quarterstaff with which to fend off aggressive beggars and highwaymen.
If Pelosi and Biden have their way, we will not even be allowed to carry a wooden stave. Those methheads, tweakers, and vermin crawling out of the tenements have as much right to what we have earned as we do. Don't they?