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Originally Posted by trooper182
Most places define 'brandishing' as a person exhibiting any deadly or dangerous weapon in a rude, angry or threatening manner. In this case I was justified as I drew my weapon after being confronted with a weapon that could have cause myself or my family bodily harm. By rapidly walking toward me the person displayed a want to cause me harm. Now if I would have merely raised my shirt up to show the fact that I was carrying, that would be brandishing. If I am walking down the street and my shirt blew up because of the wind and someone saw it, again brandishing. If the act of drawing a weapon in defense of oneself after being attacked was brandishing, there would be no CC allowed. Brandishing is a slippery slope. In my situation if the person would have just grabbed the piece of metal and stood by the truck and not approached me and I drew my weapon, yes I could have been charged with brandishing. Slippery slope.
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Understood and I agree. But in some places, still...brandishing.
I posted not for your benefit, actually, but as a general- "good going but we all need to know our local laws" type of thing
