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Originally Posted by jyl
Maybe a fuzzy line between carrying openly and "brandishing" - how do you interpret someone touching the butt of his gun, gesturing toward it, pointedly turning to expose the gun, etc?
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It's not a fuzzy line at all per AZ law. Brandishing starts with unholstering. If it's holstered, especially in a rentention or thumbreak holster, there's no mistaking it at all. If you get into a traffic or parking lot dispute, lift your shirt and rest the heel of your hand on the gun while walking up to someone, then you could be charged with threatening. but even that's unlikely. First quesiton a cop asks when they get a call about such a thing is, "Did he touch the gun or display it in a threatening manner?" I've never heard of anyone doing that. Everyone who carries knows they'll get hammered if they mess up with the gun and I certainly take that stuff seriously. My gun will only ever come out of the holster when there is a clear threat to life or limb, nothing less.