Brandishing is dangerous unless you are prepared to shoot. If you brandish in a situation where you could not legally shoot, you are asking for trouble.
Amish Teens Brutally Beat White Woman
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Yep. Brandishing is highly illegal in California for sure. It is assault actually.
If you brandish a shotgun it is assault. If you rack the gun it is aggravated assault. That is the actual law.
The reality is a bit stranger. At my place, in Los Angeles County, the cops raided a largish group of kids smoking pot down by the creek on the lowest part of the property. The kids scattered all over the surrounding hills and a few ran up my butte. The cops were chasing them all over. Seeing the cops running around prompted me to get out my shotgun and walk out onto some high ground for a look. The spot was far above and quite a distance from the action. I didn't know it was about kids, I just saw frantic cops running around.
But a couple of cops came running up over a rise and ran straight into me standing there with my Rem 870 Tactical Magnum. I was holding the gun like a farmer would with it resting on my forearm pointed down. They froze in their tracks for what seemed like 10-15 seconds. Then they relaxed and walked right up to me asking if I'd seen any kids up by my house. Not a word about the weapon. They walked back down the hill.
I hate to admit it in front of Tsing Tao but in moment of stupidity while cleaning that gun I managed to break off one of the ejector clips. I'm going to take it to a gunsmith next week but it has to have the rivets drilled out and so must be refinished etc. I'm not sure it will every work as well as it did before. Facepalm.
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No no! As Luke stated above, don't clear leather unless you plan to destroy what's in front of you. And thy not to consider your Dad's gsw during an altercation where you could be killed. I've been shot, and yes, the pain was pure evil. Plus the feeling of that warm blood running down into my boot.:eek: Damn, I can literally (not kidding), "feel" it now in my leg. anyhow, even though I know the feeling, doesn't mean I'll think twice if facing a possible death, or serious bodily harm. We learned long ago: NEVER, EVER hesitate! He who hesitates for even a split second is going home in a bag. And btw, don't know if your Dad is still among us being Korea Veteran, but if so, tell him I said thank you!
OMG! If a shotgun's cycles, it's aggravated assault, a felony? Unreal! And sounds like the cops in LA must have been pretty laid back, as even though FL is one of the top 3 gun states, the cops here go bonkers nuts when they encounter a gun. Hell, when I wore a State Police badge, I encountered a gun every other day, and never went nuts like the geniuses here do. I'll note a BLACK WOMAN here was sentenced to like 20 years for firing a shotgun into the air in an attempt to scare off someone screwing with her. And didn't our A1 used cars guy Biden tell America to point a double barrel shotgun out the door, and fire it, to scare off bad guys? LOL! What a fuck stick!
Oh, I thought those military equipment-equipped, effective police departments could magically appear and stop all violent crimes?
Correct me where I'm wrong..:eek:
Them trying to run away is what got him hammered. Of course, I'll try to be him for a second and imagine being 160lb frail-looking type who was terrorized every single time he commuted in that sewer... Yep, if him, I would have smoked them as well. If I were on the grand jury, other members would have indicted me for saying "get some! Ooh rah!" Lol!
Sorry for going o/t above.
Anyhow, I can imagine she would have fared much better if she would have thrown them a
Sorry, meant new hammer, and new Amish hat. What came over me..