If any person shall point any gun or pistol at any person, either in fun or otherwise, whether such gun or pistol be loaded or not loaded, he shall be guilty of a Class A1 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-34
Assaulting by pointing gun
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case United States v. Thompson (1989)
Most recently applied in 250 N.C. App. 825 - State v. Sellers (December 2016)
1889, c. 527; Rev., s. 3622; C.S., s. 4216; 1969, c. 618, s. 2 1/2; 1993, c. 539, s. 17; 1994, Ex
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