{"id":89034,"date":"2023-01-03T20:32:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T02:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=89034"},"modified":"2023-01-03T20:32:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T02:32:40","slug":"89034","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=89034","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ll take : Mostly what the local prosecutor thinks it is,<\/em> <\/strong>for $500<\/p>\n

What Does \u201cBrandishing\u201d a Gun Mean?<\/a><\/p>\n

For the purpose of our discussion, brandishing is the unnecessary and unlawful display of a defensive firearm. The most important thing for everyone to understand is that the specific legal definition of brandishing may differ from state to state. For this reason, it is critically important for every defensive shooter to\u00a0contact his local district attorney or a criminal defense attorney<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and get an accurate understanding of the local interpretation.<\/p>\n

Even if there were no brandishing law, I would strongly advise against unnecessarily displaying the firearm. We shouldn\u2019t be carrying a gun in order to try to impress people because it usually does not impress them. And we certainly don\u2019t want to give the criminal any advance notice of what he is about to be up against because, now that he is forewarned, he might just simply change his tactics.<\/p>\n

Our society requires us to let the criminal make the first move\u2014which means that we are already behind if his attack is serious. It is far better to surprise him, and ruin his day, by drawing our gun when he thinks he has everything going his way. Drawing against an attacker who is armed with a deadly weapon, in the middle of his attack, is not brandishing\u2026.even if you don\u2019t have to fire a shot.<\/p>\n

In dealing with criminal attacks, we should establish mental triggers. Seeing a person with a knife in his hand is not going to cause me to shoot him. But my mental trigger is: \u201cIf he ignores my commands to drop the knife and comes close enough to strike me then I am prepared to take deadly action.\u201d\u00a0 If he complies with my commands, or simply runs away, I see no need to shoot. But you can be certain that I will report the incident to law enforcement immediately.<\/p>\n

It is important to realize that not every criminal attack is deadly in nature. And, while it is an attack, it may not justify the use of deadly force on the part of the armed citizen. Producing a firearm during an argument with an unarmed neighbor, for instance, may be a violation of the law. We should produce the defensive handgun only when our life is clearly in immediate danger, or the lives of our family.<\/p>\n

Everyone\u2019s personal defense plan should include plans for dealing with these less-than-lethal attacks. Training in martial arts, stick fighting, or the use of less lethal defensive tools such as pepper spray, are all important in protecting life and limb. Not every criminal encounter justifies the use of a firearm.<\/p>\n

Understanding the law regarding brandishing is very important. Equally important is the need to develop one\u2019s defensive skills so that we can act within the law and still protect ourselves. Knowledge of the law and professional training are the best armor that we can put on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ll take : Mostly what the local prosecutor thinks it is, for $500 What Does \u201cBrandishing\u201d a Gun Mean? For the purpose of our discussion, brandishing is the unnecessary and unlawful display of a defensive firearm. The most important thing for everyone to understand is that the specific legal definition of brandishing may differ from … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,8,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gun-schtuff","category-rkba","category-self-defense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89035,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89034\/revisions\/89035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}