Talk about having it floored in neutral, Tennessee has taken the leadership role in the switchblade knife industry because we don’t have enough damn ways for people to hurt each other.

Now there’s a bill to make it legal for Tennesseans to carry switchblades, daggers, stilettos and possibly even swords and spears to defend themselves against the criminal element.

Well, surely they mean responsible adults with training in the handling of the entire Rachel Ray steak knife assortment.

Pull in on those reins, Buddy.  They ain’t going there.  One state senator explained –

“If my 18-year-old daughter feels the need to carry a weapon to defend herself, by law she cannot carry a pistol and it’s my contention that she should be able to carry a knife to defend herself. And she shouldn’t have to worry about going across the state and wondering whether this length knife is going to be legal in this city and illegal in that city.”

How ’bout your 12 year old daughter?  Is there some law in Tennessee that makes it legal to attack 18 year olds but not 12 year olds.  Oh hell, why stop there.  Let’s give one to the kid walking to kindergarten.

I dunno, but if I see some dude walking down the street with a sword, I’m going to ask him if he’s Robert E Lee.

I’ve been pondering on what sharp object I would use and have decided that I’m going with a piece of paper.  Those paper cuts will hurt like the dickens for days.  I could scare the fool outta people.  “I’m gonna grab you, hold you down, get a sheet of legal paper and paper cut your butt until it looks like a roadmap of New York City,” is like the nuclear weapon of threats.

I’m Texas Tuff, Honey.  I’m taking a nap.  Y’all need to wake me up with the silliness ends.

Thanks to Kathleen for the heads up.