Violated rule #2: Don’t live in California if you want to own guns.
Yep, that's one of 'em!
owning guns in CA is perfectly legal. Depends on what county you are in whether “brandishing” can get you in trouble or not. If you are in your house you can brandish all you want, off your property you had better be in real danger before showing a weapon. BTW, I own many firearms here in the Northern part of the state.