Title: Menacing - Wikipedia
Headings: Menacing
Menacing
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Laws by state
Idaho
Ohio
Oregon
See also
References
External links

Content: Menacing - Wikipedia
Menacing
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Criminal offense in many U.S. states
Menacing or brandishing is a criminal offense in many U.S. states generally defined as displaying a weapon with the intent of placing another person in fear of imminent physical injury or death. Depending on state, degrees of offense range from a misdemeanor for first-time offenders, to low- to mid-level felonies for offenders with a prior menacing charge. Self-defense is often explicitly given as an exception. The tangentially related crime of "Menacing By Stalking" was introduced as a new charge in some states following the popularization of laws specifically targeting stalking behavior, in which a perpetrator adopts a long-term pattern of actions designed to frighten and harass a victim while still adhering to the letter of existing harassment laws. Contents
1 Laws by state
1.1 Idaho
1.2 Ohio
1.3 Oregon
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Laws by state
Idaho
In Idaho the law on menacing reads as follows: TITLE 18 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS CHAPTER 33 FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES AND OTHER DEADLY WEAPONS 18-3303. Exhibition or use of deadly weapon. Every person who, not in necessary self-defense, in the presence of two (2) or more persons, draws or exhibits any deadly weapon in a rude, angry and threatening manner, or who, in any manner, unlawfully uses the same, in any fight or quarrel, is guilty of a misdemeanor. History: [ 18-3303, added 1972, ch.