Re: Did the South Portland Maine police overreact or not?

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Thu, 2 Nov 2006, Dude VanWinkle wrote:

> On 11/2/06, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2 Nov 2006, Brian Loe wrote:
> >
> > > On 11/2/06, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
> > > > >   Yes, brandishing is along the lines of "showing in a threateningly
> > > > > manor".  Leaves an awful lot to interpretation....
> > > >
> > > > If "threatening manner" is the criterion, then I'd say that anyone openly
> > > > carrying a gun is showing it in a threatening manner. Isn't that the whole
> > > > point of openly carrying?
> > >
> > > To you it might be threatening, but a reasonable adult wouldn't be
> > > threatened at all. Considering every cop in the states carries openly
> > > it is pretty common,
> >
> > I thought we were talking about citizens, not cops.
> >
> > > besides the fact that those aforementioned
> > > rational adults would understand the difference between a gun in a
> > > holster and gun in your face....
> >
> > I would find it very threatening
>
> Hey solly,
>
> I can clear this up pretty quickly,
>
> you are confusing feeling threatened with being threatened.

No, I was talking about "showing in a threatening manner" (someone else's
words, corrected for spelling and grammar). The way to determine whether
someone's manner is threatening, is to see if people feel threatened, not
whether they are being threatened. You can't leave it to the person 
carrying the gun to decide whether they're behaving in a threatening 
manner, you have to ask the people around them.
 
> I know you are probably doing this on purpose, but on the off chance
> you arent, I thought I would let you know.
 
Who, me? I'm just exploring the absurd consequences of an absurd law.

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