It's not hard to turn that into a situation where it can work against you. What if it were your child's baseball bat? You can say that's what it's for but then

It's not hard to turn that into a situation where it can work against you. What if it were your child's baseball bat? You can say that's what it's for but then what if the cop asks you if you'd use it for self defense? Would saying yes potentially be incriminating?