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Originally Posted by rycerz
Again.... opening the door while holding a handgun is brandishing... it implies a threat towards the other person. You might not mean anything by it but the person at the door will feel threatened. And if you didn't mean to threaten, why hold it? Why not lay it on a table someplace inside?
Also if you feel that you need to hold a gun when you open the door, DON"T OPEN IT. Next: if you are at the door and you have handgun by your side..... guess what.... I'm too close to you for the handgun to be that useful so then again: why.... have the handgun ?
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Wait, wait, wait. The reason I originally put "brandish" in quotes, is because Eirerogue had brought up the term in this situation. In this case, the OP had drawn, behind the door out of site, this was after things got weird...and the door was already open. I apologize for not being clear, but I was not implying that it's prudent to wave a weapon around while answering the door, only that in a situation like mentioned, go ahead and draw. I sure would.