By law, the weapon must remain partially visible whether in a holster, waistband, pocket, or otherwise. Whether or not the gun can be carried in one's hands is not made clear in the new law except to say it may not be brandished or wielded in a threatening manner. Concerning those terms, Hood writes that to brandish means to shake, wave, or point the gun in an aggressive or menacing manner, and that to wield is to handle the weapon "'especially effectively.'"