We’re just giving you a hard time. :)
I think it’s a bit different than if you were driving down the road and, say, in response to somebody cutting you off you show them your weapon. That would be brandishing.
Some places are even so anal as to charge one with brandishing if you accidentally expose your weapon. Like if you are carrying on your hip with a windbreaker and the coat rides up your back to expose your gun. I don’t agree with the brandishing charge in this case but there are some here who will say you should be tossed in klink for it.
The messenger’s not paying attention.
“Hey guys, don’t shoot the messenger.”
If the messenger can’t understand the law, then yes, he deserves to be shot (although I wouldn’t do that). If this guy could be arrested for trying to stop a violent crime without shooting, then many, many, other Texans, along with him, would have been arrested by now.
So please point us to those articles, so we don’t think you’re trolling.