I see this has been touched on in another thread but not definatively answered. Lets say an individual legally transports his firearm to a destination, such as a public park or other area it's legal to OC. Following the protocol I read in the other thread, the person will remove the pistol case and case with the loaded magazine from the vehicle such that they cannot be considered concealed within the vehicle. They insert the magazine into the pistol and then insert the pistol into the empty holster which was fastened to the belt before leaving ones house. This is the way I've seen it explained. Open carry is not brandishing a weapon. But it seems to me that standing in a parking lot with other people and their children milling around you watching you load your pistol, chamber a round, and holster the pistol comes dangerously close to what one would call brandishing. I'm sure members are going to be inclined to do what happened in the other thread, detailing the procees they use (as I've done here) and suggest that all should be fine. But I'm curious as to whether or not there is case low or court opinion that makes it clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that loading a firearm in this manner for lawful OC is legal and not brandishing. Lets go even further, lets not limit it to "brandishing" and ask if there are other ways of construing this procedure to be unlawful?
