US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  18
                            CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
                                  CHAPTER 33
                           FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES AND
                             OTHER DEADLY WEAPONS
    18-3302I.  THREATENING VIOLENCE ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.
    (1)  (a) Any person, including a student, who willfully threatens on
    school grounds by word or act to use a firearm or other deadly or
    dangerous weapon to do violence to any other person on school grounds is
    guilty of a misdemeanor.
    (b)  The threats prohibited by this section encompass only those
    statements or acts where the speaker or actor intends to communicate a
    serious expression of an intent to commit an act of unlawful violence to a
    particular individual or group of individuals. The prosecution is not
    required to prove that the defendant actually intended to carry out the
    threat.
    (2)  Definitions. As used in this section:
    (a)  "Deadly or dangerous weapon" means a weapon, device, instrument,
    material or substance that is used for, or is readily capable of, causing
    death or serious bodily injury;
    (b)  "Firearm" means any weapon, whether loaded or unloaded, from which a
    shot, projectile or other object may be discharged by force of combustion,
    explosive, gas and/or mechanical means, regardless of whether such weapon
    is operable;
    (c)  "On school grounds" means in, or on the property of, a public or
    private elementary or secondary school.