Xinhang Lyu, 22, was snared with the air pistol outside a property in Glasgow’s Yorkhill on February 15 2025.
Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that Lyu had been at a party with six others who he did not know.
The hearing was told that there was an argument between University of Glasgow‘s Lyu and an Eddie Zhao.
Lyu made reference to a gun in his car which he had been given from a friend in Manchester earlier that week.
Prosecutor Heather Naismith said: “He stated he was going out to his car and was pointing at Mr Zhao aggressively.
“Yuandi Fang followed him to the car in which he went into a box and took out the gun.
“Miss Fang was concerned he was going to go into the flat with it and tried to reason with him to prevent it.”
Police arrived at the scene and spotted Miss Fang struggling with Lyu who appeared intoxicated.
Officers could see the gun in his hand with Miss Fang holding on to his arm.
An officer drew a taser and shouted on him to drop the gun.
Miss Fang was also ordered to step away from Lyu.
Miss Naismith said: “Lyu continued to wave the gun and officer ran at him to try and disarm him.
“Lyu dropped the gun and officers placed handcuffs on him.”
The court heard that Lyu, of the city’s Partick, spent four months on remand for the matter as well as six months on a tag.
The first offender appeared in the dock to plead guilty to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner.
Lyu, a Chinese national, also admitted having an air pistol in a public place without a reasonable excuse.
Sheriff Iain Fleming admonished Lyu at today’s sentencing.
