When I was a kid, all the kids toted around 22s and 12 gauges and all things in between.
Pistols were frowned on, but i don’t recall a lot of gun violence back then.
No one was going around brandishing.
It was all out in the open but it was not threatening.
I still think brandishing is a bad idea.
Brandishing is a threat that is not followed through on.
It marks a person.
Let me clarify.
Pulling a gun and not using it can be more detrimental to your life than following through.
Brandishing should be used very cautiously.