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kwikrnu wrote:
"Open carry" is the legal carry of a modest size handgun in a nice belt holster while wearing nice clothing. Anything else is
brandishing, GATTOP, dangerous, looney tunes, etc.
This statement is grossly in error on two fronts:
First, this is NOT the defition of open carry.
This is:
This is: "Open carry is shorthand terminology for "openly carrying a firearm in public", as distinguished from concealed carry, where firearms cannot be seen by the casual observer."
And this: "Open carry - the act of publicly carrying a firearm in
plain sight. Plain sight - broadly defined as not being hidden from common observation; varies somewhat from state to state."
Second, this is NOT the definition of brandishing. Someone else providing links to definitions. Here are some examples to help you understand the difference between the two:
NOT Brandishing:
1. Carrying a sword in a scabbard attached to one's belt.
2. Raising an unsheathed sword in salute, as in a military ceremony or a military-style wedding.
3. Any sheathed knife.
4. Any unsheathed knife being used in a manner which does not involve that of another person (ranges from cutting cabbage to trimming one's nails).
5. Any handgun in any holster of any kind.
6. Any unholstered handgun, provided the purpose of unholstering the weapon is for cleaning, to fit it to a new holster, to use it during firearms training, or to show it to an interested party.
7. Any slung rifle (carrying it over one's should from it's sling).
8. Any unlung rifle when held at the relaxed position (pointed at the ground, or at shoulder arms). Helps if the bolt is open while unslung...
BRANDISHING:
1. Pointing a knife, gun, or sword directly at someone, UNLESS in a situation where such an action is required and allowed under law to prevent the loss of life, limb, or property.
2. Waiving a knife, sword, or gun back and forth between you and another as if to say, "whoo-hoo, look what we have here!"
GRAY AREAS:
More common:If another car is driving in a threatening manner, and you take your handgun and place it on the dash.
Less common: Placing your hand on the butt of your pistol/revolver in the manner normally associated with it's withdrawal from its holster.
kwikrnu - are you beginning to see the difference between your understandings (misunderstandings, actually) of these two terms and the way they're viewed by the rest of society?
If so, ok! No harm done.