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To: mvpel

brandish - exhibit aggressively; display, exhibit, expose - to show, make visible or apparent


489 posted on 08/14/2009 8:51:03 PM PDT by cerberus
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To: cerberus
I have no idea where you got that definition. Did you just make it up on the spot? Here's what Merriam-Webster says:

1 : to shake or wave (as a weapon) menacingly
2 : to exhibit in an ostentatious or aggressive manner

synonyms see swing
In case it isn't clear, the act of peaceably and lawfully carrying a sidearm in a holster is not, by any stretch of even the fevered leftist imagination of Chrissy Matthews, "brandishing."
491 posted on 08/14/2009 8:58:57 PM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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