Reply #18: Nope. It's called "Brandishing". [View All]

[Xithras]

Doing that can land you a few months in jail, not to mention permanent revocation of your CCW rights.

It's no different than a shovel. You can buy a shovel, and you can walk down the road carrying a shovel. Start waving that shovel around everywhere and you're going to jail, because that will be perceived as an imminent threat to public safety.

Rule #1 for firearm owners: Don't pull it out unless you have reason to use it immediately.
Rule #2 for firearm owners: Don't pull it out unless you are willing to use it.

Rule #1 for police officers: If you see someone with a firearm out, assume that they have both the reason and will to use it immediately.

If your reason isn't legitimate, you're going to end up in a whole heap of hurt. Assuming you end up anywhere other than a pine box.