[ByteMercenary]

I hate to do this but the legal definition of brandishing implies that they were brandishing. See this:

https://definitions.uslegal.com/b/brandished/

[House Atreides]

You need to do more research, IMHO. In Missouri, self-defense is an exception to brandishing in their statutes.

[ohioman]

Read up on the story. There were BLM scum pointing loaded weapons at them while threatening to kill them. You are dead wrong.

[gundog]

So what? You can yell “fire” in a crowded theater if it’s on fire.