Oh No, I am no lawyer, but I did serve six months and eight months in a county jail, and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to listen to the other inmates and to figure out a few things...

1) to punch or kick or slap or bite is an assault crime.

2) if (1) involves using a weapon such as a gun or knife or baseball bat or even a tree branch stick, it increases the severity of the assault to what we refer to as an "aggravated assault", for which you will be in a lot of trouble and are gonna be in jail for a long time.

It is also against the law to verbally threaten to cause harm, even if you don't carry thru with the assault. This is called a terrorist threat.. A lot of people don't know that just speaking a threat can be a felony crime, and many people will make such threats in front of police, perhaps during a domestic violence or other matter where police are called on.

I stay on the straight and narrow today..

But there is one tiny tidbit of legal fancy footwork that is known to a few...

No body... No murder... In most cases.

Video: fleece Johnson - booty bandit

https://youtu.be/hMT1eeaSjLs