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Does taking my coat off amount to brandishing?

Dirk platinum

Dirk platinum

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i regularly enter my local tn walmart wearing a coat over my owb glock 29sf i remove said coat .Its fine A Tennessee hand gun permit allows open or concelaed carry of any handgun(S) you own or legally possesse.
 
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independence said:
Got a winter time question for you...Say I am at a restaurant with a coat over my carry piece and get hot so I decide to remove the coat...Does removing my coat amount to brandishing?
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Virginia S. Ct. has held so, but under extreme facts where Defendant menacingly exposed a holstered flare gun by lifting up his coat to intimidate another person.
 
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SgtScott31 said:
In my 12 years as a LEO I've never heard of anyone in TN being charged with "brandishing." Doesn't exist here. The only time I can think of where someone got into trouble making it a point to show his weapon involved a dispute over a parking spot. As "oh shoot" pointed out, an aggravated assault charge is normally what happens and that's what happened to him. Assault is a misdemeanor. When a weapon is used or displayed it bumps it up to agg assault (or if serious bodily injury occurs), which is an E felony.
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Good to know. Thanks!
 
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