Title: Brandishing in Colorado -
Headings: Brandishing in Colorado
Brandishing in Colorado
Brandishing In Colorado
If Your Gonna Draw Your Firearm
CRS §1 8-9-106. Disorderly conduct
CRS § 18-3-206. Menacing
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Content: Disorderly conduct
(1) A person commits disorderly conduct if he or she intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly: (f) Not being a peace officer, displays a deadly weapon, displays any article used or fashioned in a manner to cause a person to reasonably believe that the article is a deadly weapon, or represents verbally or otherwise that he or she is armed with a deadly weapon in a public place in a manner calculated to alarm. (3) An offense under (1) (f) of this section is a class 2 misdemeanor. CRS § 18-3-206. Menacing
(1) A person commits the crime of menacing if, by any threat or physical action, he or she knowingly places or attempts to place another person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury. Menacing is a class 3 misdemeanor, but, it is a class 5 felony if committed: (a) By the use of a deadly weapon or any article used or fashioned in a manner to cause a person to reasonably believe that the article is a deadly weapon; or
(b) By the person representing verbally or otherwise that he or she is armed with a deadly weapon. ___________________________________________________________________________
Armed citizens have to be situationally aware of their surroundings at all times. They also need to be legally aware of what they are partaking in.