ZeroCoolVideo shows Indiana lawmaker showing holstered gun to students who were advocating for gun control
WeirdGoesProThat’s called brandishing, and it’s usually a crime.
jimboNo, that’s not how it works. Merely showing someone a gun is not “brandishing”. A very simple example demonstrates how silly your claim is. Gun stores exist and involve the employee handling and showing people many guns. No one would call that “brandishing”.
www.ce9.uscourts.gov/jury-instructions/node/1007
You’re missing the point. Its not the display that is brandishing, it is display with intent to intimidate.
How is it that you can cite that and yet your brain competely glosses over that there was obviously no attempt to intimidate anyone in this instance?
Do you think he revealed the gun cause he thought it was a neat item for show & tell?
That’s for a jury to decide.
I’m pretty sure you’re missing the point. Like I said, simply showing someone a weapon is not brandishing. There has to be an intent to intimidate. The video of this interaction makes it plainly obvious that there was no intention on the part of this politician to intimidate anyone.
assault, menacing, intimidation, all crimes that involve the threat of violence.