Argument and shooting in an alley in Abilene TX.

Not when its a little girl.

 

We must be interpreting what it means.

Pulling a gun = drawing on.
Pulling a gun in front of = in the presence of.

 

Well certainly, nobody should brandish a firearm with kids anywhere near. I think most would consider that a threat worth defending with your life. I guess my additional thought is why were the kids out and about? This fight over the trash had been going on for a week. Wife and children should stay the eff in the house and call police, not partake in the discourse or allow the kids to be anywhere near harm's way. Lesson learned the hard way.....or she may end up a prostitute or drug addict.

 

Dont go further complicate this by throwing in a word that wasn't used. We're already trying to determine the meaning of pulling a gun in front of/on.

For the record, "Brandish" is equal to pulling a gun ON. Not what happened here.

 

Yes. The backstory on both of the families probably bring more to light about how a standoff over a mattress and a dumpster even starts in the first place. How the wife could be recording this and not freaking the fuck out confounds me.
The shirtless dad and son were egging it on waiting on the first move to shoot. They thought it would be self defense and these new neighbors with loud kids would be gone.

 

Exactly what I was thinking. They watched one day too many for the T Martin trial.

 

Brandishing a weapon even pointed down in my presence is a threat. Couple that with very angry verbal communication there is no question its a threat. Since Dumbass #1 didn't have a weapon he should have deescalated then retreated and called the cops.
Or do what he did and end up dead. Very simple math.

 

Brandish- wave as a threat or in anger or excitement.
Clearly that was not what was happening.

 

It simply doesn't matter when I child is present. It just doesn't.

I dont know what you are missing here.

The fact that you may or may not have pointed the gun at the kid is meaningless in the event that fatass felt the need to take a gun out when a little girl was "alone".

 

Dude the kid pointed the shot gun at the guy at least twice. The old man had his pistol pointed down but clearly the threat was there.