YOU are not a cop in uniform. Their game rules are totally different than yours and mine. They are not defending their family when they draw their weapon. Their goal is to arrest someone, not stop a deadly threat. If you pull your weapon out and don’t fire it, in most cases that’s likely to be considered brandishng.
also mentally, but safety training as well, I aint pointin unless I am ready /willing to destroy...
therefore, if I have to unconceal, or 'brandish', then realistically the situation is pretty damn severe, and barring Divine Intervention [ie God Himself guiding/restraing my fingers for His purposes] the threshold has already been crossed...period...
“If you pull your weapon out and don’t fire it, in most cases that’s likely to be considered brandishng.”
... which is exactly the right action in some situations. Brandishing a legal firearm isn’t illegal if you are threatened with bodily harm.