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Gun Control Reform Activism

Robb

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3. True enough.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 26, 2013, 07:20 PM

Aug 2013

But I know several states have "criminal threatening with a firearm" as an option that carries less baggage, and has less wiggle room.

Note in the article how the witnesses are compelled to testify as to the level of fear they felt; "threatening" I think is easier to make than "terrorized."

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Road rage + concealed carry asshole = "terroristic threat." [View all] Robb Aug 2013 OP

Seems to me to meet the definition of terrorizing... hlthe2b Aug 2013 #1

True enough. Robb Aug 2013 #3

Terrorism - The act of inflicting terror upon others. liberal N proud Aug 2013 #2

He terrorized the family, wild bird Aug 2013 #4

That's the thing, they had farther to go to get there. Robb Aug 2013 #5

I'm all for that, wild bird Aug 2013 #6

So if the other party was also nuts and pulled a gun and if one of the doc03 Aug 2013 #7