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'''The Brandisher''' is a vigilante who [[brandishes]] -- but never uses -- firearms.
[[File:Ein Heyduck.jpg|300px|thumb|The Brandisher advocates [[Brandishing (nonfiction)|brandishing]] for [[Brandishing (nonfiction)|brandishing]]'s sake.]]'''The Brandisher''' is a [[Criminal (nonfiction)|criminal]] who frequently [[Brandishing (nonfiction)|brandishes]] -- but never actually uses -- [[Weapon (nonfiction)|weapons]].


== Brandishing ==
He is not to be confused with the [[The Blandisher]], who is renowned for using blandishments to achieve his ends.


According to [http://www.ussc.gov/guidelines/2015-guidelines-manual/archive/2010-1b11 United States Sentencing Commission Guidelines]:
== In the News ==


<blockquote>(C) "Brandished" with reference to a dangerous weapon (including a firearm) means that all or part of the weapon was displayed, or the presence of the weapon was otherwise made known to another person, in order to intimidate that person, regardless of whether the weapon was directly visible to that person. Accordingly, although the dangerous weapon does not have to be directly visible, the weapon must be present.</blockquote>
<gallery>
File:Soldiers with 9 mm pistols.jpg|link=Brandishing (nonfiction)|Soldiers issue final warning about [[Brandishing (nonfiction)|recreational brandishing]].
</gallery>
 
== Fiction cross-reference ==
 
* [[Havelock]] - known as "The man who never gets killed." The Brandisher is the man who threatens, but does not commit, violence.  The two men are, therefore, friends and allies, in some strange way.
* [[The Blandisher]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[Brandish (nonfiction)]]
* [[Brandishing (nonfiction)]]
* [[Vigilante (nonfiction)]]
* [[Criminal (nonfiction)]]
 
== Fiction cross-reference ==


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[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Vigilantes]]
[[Category:Criminals]]
[[Category:People]]

Latest revision as of 09:51, 6 April 2018

The Brandisher advocates brandishing for brandishing's sake.

The Brandisher is a criminal who frequently brandishes -- but never actually uses -- weapons.

He is not to be confused with the The Blandisher, who is renowned for using blandishments to achieve his ends.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

  • Havelock - known as "The man who never gets killed." The Brandisher is the man who threatens, but does not commit, violence. The two men are, therefore, friends and allies, in some strange way.
  • The Blandisher

Nonfiction cross-reference

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