Brandishing
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Brandishing is not well understood and may be a concern to Concealed Handgun Permit holders. It seems that there is no “brandishing” statutes in Colorado. What there is instead are two statutes: Disorderly Conduct, and Menacing.
CO - Colorado Revised Statutes Annotated C.R.S. 18-3-206
TITLE 18. CRIMINAL CODE > ARTICLE 3. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON > PART 2. ASSAULTS > PART 2. 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 ...
CO - Colorado Revised Statutes Annotated C.R.S. 18-9-106
TITLE 18. CRIMINAL CODE > ARTICLE 9. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE, ORDER, AND DECENCY > PART 1. PUBLIC PEACE AND ORDER > PART 1. 18-9-106. Disorderly conduct
(2) (1) A person commits disorderly conduct if he or she intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly: (a) Makes a coarse and obviously offensive utterance, gesture, or display in a public place and the utterance, gesture, or display tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace; or (b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2000, p. 708, § 39, effective July 1, 2000.) (c) Makes unreasonable noise in a public place or near a private residence that he has no right to occupy; or (d) Fights with another in a public place except in an amateur or professional contest ...