Firearm Flashing

[RockIsland]

Does it ever get funnier than potty humor?

That's just not possible due to the universal laws of humor.

[knight0334]

iAnal, however I always regarded brandishing as showing of a firearm which was previously concealed such as to send a warning that if you keep messing with them, they may shoot you. It's possibly conspiracy to commit assault with a deadly weapon. If I run at you with a baseball bat, would you not be able to shoot to protect yourself?



Actual law is fuzzy though, it seems. If I draw my weapon, I expect my target to shoot back, otherwise I'm probably not drawing. It's a needless elevation, you either draw to shoot, or you keep it concealed in my book.

It would fall under Terroristic Threat and probably Simple Assault in PA.


§ 2701. Simple assault.
(a) Offense defined.--Except as provided under section 2702 (relating to aggravated assault), a person is guilty of assault if he:
(1) attempts to cause or intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury to another;
(2) negligently causes bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon;
(3) attempts by physical menace to put another in fear of imminent serious bodily injury; or
(4) conceals or attempts to conceal a hypodermic needle on his person and intentionally or knowingly penetrates a law enforcement officer or an officer or an employee of a correctional institution, county jail or prison, detention facility or mental hospital during the course of an arrest or any search of the person.

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2706. Terroristic threats.
(a) Offense defined.--A person commits the crime of terroristic threats if the person communicates, either directly or indirectly, a threat to:
(1) commit any crime of violence with intent to terrorize another;
(2) cause evacuation of a building, place of assembly or facility of public transportation; or
(3) otherwise cause serious public inconvenience, or cause terror or serious public inconvenience with reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror or inconvenience.

[EFK]

Should have distanced immediately, called 911 and given them all the info you could - location, car make, license plate - anything you could use as descriptive. That guy is an asshole and a road rage shooting waiting to happen, or some other hothead shooting waiting to happen and should not own a firearm imho. And he would have been charged - there's no way you could know he had a gun unless he had flashed or waved it at you.