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.