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To say that these laws were violated is merely to say that the massacre happened, i.e., that two kids walked into a school and brandished, aimed, and discharged firearms in a manner calculated to alarm people, endanger the safety of others, and further a crime of violence.
A year ago she wore an orange jumpsuit and brandished a torch; now she wears a look of remorse.
A year ago she wore an orange jumpsuit and brandished a torch, now she wears a look of remorse.
(For rush to judgment, click .) And while she is literally correct that flags were waved and technically accurate that torches were not brandished, isn't there a deeper brandishing, a rich symbolic brandishing?