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FirstLight

(13,360 posts)
Sat Apr 7, 2018, 09:44 PM Apr 2018

SC Re. pulls out a gun during meeting with anti-gun group...

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/06/ralph-norman-loaded-gun-507288


Rep. Ralph Norman pulled out a loaded pistol while discussing gun-violence prevention during a meeting with constituents in South Carolina on Friday, according to several advocacy group members in attendance.

The episode was brought to light by volunteers for the South Carolina chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, who said in a news release that the lawmaker laid out a loaded firearm while discussing gun safety at an event in Rock Hill.

According to the group, the pistol was left out for “several minutes” while Norman “kept telling his constituents that the presence of the gun made them safer.”

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wow...So now the Reps are gonna start openly intimidating the public?
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SC Re. pulls out a gun during meeting with anti-gun group... (Original Post) FirstLight Apr 2018 OP
If he were black I think he would have been cuffed or shot. What a total jerk! The Wielding Truth Apr 2018 #1
Concealed weapons are supposed to remain concealed. Mariana Apr 2018 #2
Branishing a weapon or gun. magicarpet Apr 2018 #3

Mariana

(14,858 posts)
2. Concealed weapons are supposed to remain concealed.
Sat Apr 7, 2018, 09:52 PM
Apr 2018

It's illegal in most places to draw a gun and display it like that in public, because it is inherently threatening.

magicarpet

(14,155 posts)
3. Branishing a weapon or gun.
Sat Apr 7, 2018, 10:36 PM
Apr 2018

"Brandishing” or “improper exhibition” or “defensive display” or “unlawful display” (or whatever your state and jurisdiction calls it) depends specifically on your state and jurisdiction. Very generally, however, for an operating definition “brandishing” means to display, show, wave, or exhibit the firearm in a manner which another person might find threatening. You can see how widely and differently this can be subjectively interpreted by different “reasonable” individuals and entities. The crime can actually be committed in some states by not even pointing a firearm at someone. In some states it’s a Misdemeanor crime and in others a Felony. So, focus, think rationally, know your state’s law, and be careful out there.

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