September 1 in Texas, it will be perfectly legal to carry an axe, spear, sword, machete, or long knife, such as a bowie knife in public. This guy should have waited and came to Texas. It would have been perfectly legal.

That is the knife traditionally worn with a kilt. Several possible axes -- ceremonial, throwing, etc. Photo looks rather ordinary. Was there some Highland event in the area.

Will be very interested in the rest of the story.

And, no, you don't carry an axe around like that, or a long knife. I ahve several Highland athlete friends. The RHG are in the Fall, and there isn't going to be any event at 10 am on a Wednesday morning in the academic and government district in DT Richmond.

He rushed the cops.

We were trying to sort it out. Maybe a dirk.

Some variant from autocorrect

Who better to explain in detail the weapons deployed by a maniac running amuck.

Dirk, machete, dagger, Barlow. This is important man.

I kid. The pipe major thing was just funny.

...before being gunned down.

I was not there at the right time but my aunt died and I was not informed.
I am also wearer of kilt and kilt stuff from sport kilt