Missouri AG moves to dismiss charges against couple who pointed guns at crowd

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[–]C3P0 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

You are right that the statute is the correct one if they were charged with that crime, but you still didn't answer the question directly (you seem to allude that you are of the opinion that it is not a felony).

[–]Yayme 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I feel like you're fucking with me at this point man, so I'm just going to leave you this link and call the conversation over on my part.

Non-powder & Toy Guns: State by State

Edit to add: I think I figured it out. You're not from the US are you?

[–]C3P0 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Asia.

[–]Yayme 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Ok. What I feel like you're trying to figure out is if it's a federal crime, not necessarily a felony. Like meaning it applies to everyone in the US.

States have different laws. Like, in Colorado marijuana is legal, and in other states in not. And in fact, it's still illegal at a federal level.

There are federal weapons laws, like laws about selling guns, or convicted felons having guns, or using gun committing some crimes. But I don't think, on a federal level, there is a law regarding pointing a non-working gun at someone.

And I think pointing a non-working gun at someone in order to scare them would be considered assault if anything, assuming you are not defending yourself with it. Assault is where you make someone think you're going to hurt them. Battery is where you actually hurt them. That's why people usually get charged with assault and battery.

But no, I don't think at a federal level, across all of the US, we have one law regarding pointing a non-working gun at someone. I think those laws are handled at a state level.

[–]C3P0 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Got it. Also, maybe it is considered a death threat.