You will not convince me, or the US law, that the word brandish includes a hand-operated weapon that is not being held in one’s hand. That’s the legal and logical difference between brandishing and open-carry.
There is also difference between calling the police while feeling threatened and calling while being completely out of harm’s way (never having been close enough to distinguish a tattoo from an object) out of confusion or spite. The article indicates the latter.
Of course, you can dictionary-mine single words that appear in the third definition of a given word to support your claim all you please.
I think the perspective of being a lifelong resident in the country in question here is important. I cannot imagine being so argumentative while also being equally and completely ignorant of Australian law… Whatever floats your boat though, I suppose.
