Do you own a Dictionary?
LOL - pithy.
I don’t think we want to “brandish” our firearms. All (not most, not 99%, but all) of the gun owners I know are responsible, trained, and reasonable.
You carry a firearm as insurance. If it is there, you probably won’t need it. When you are being sized up by a criminal, they will move on down the food chain. They won’t want to mess with someone that will give them any trouble.
Gun owners are not nuts.
People with an unreasonable fear of firearms, brought about by the movies and TV culture, are nuts.