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Originally Posted by Atocep
It's weird to me that you can point a gun directly at someone within 2 inches of their head and get a charge that specially states without intent to kill. Maybe that's just me though.
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For an intent element you have to prove that the event would have occurred if not for some intervening circumstance, or failure on the defendant's part. Like they shoot and miss, or shoot the person in the chest but they don't die.
Pointing a gun at someone is classic aggravated assault.
Edit: Pointing a gun at someone over something so innocuous is a pretty big aggravating factor though. It shows that someone is very dangerous and that it probably wouldn't take much more for them to take the next step and intend to kill.