Opening door with pistol in hand
Good morning all.
I am relatively new to this forum, and should probably mind my own business, but the situation the OP cites begs responses. I am, and have been a gun owner and enthusiast for most of my remembered life. I have been in L/E in both California and Virginia, so I believe I do have some perspective. Unless the person the OP is speaking of genuinely felt threatened, he had legitimate right to openly display any type of weapon in this case, whether in your own home or in public. Have a pistol on your person(concealed) or within reach, by all means. In many, if not most states, even those with open carry, if some bleeding heart liberal sees your firearm and is alarmed, or 'feels threatened' by it's presence, the carrier could be charged with brandishing. In the OP-cited incident, unless the person felt threatened, he acted quite stupidly, and was definitely brandishing at the very least.
As stated so eloquently by another member, this is my opinion, and we all know about opinions(They are like anal orifices--everybody(mostly) has one, and they all are odoriferous.
Anywho, I will get off my soap box and go home get ready for the lambasting. Have a good day all.