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2024 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety
NRS 202.290 - Aiming firearm at human being; discharging weapon where person might be endangered; penalty.

Universal Citation:
NV Rev Stat § 202.290 (2024)
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Unless a greater penalty is provided in NRS 202.287, a person who willfully:

1. Aims any gun, pistol, revolver or other firearm, whether loaded or not, at or toward any human being; or

2. Discharges any firearm, air gun or other weapon, or throws any deadly missile in a public place or in any place where any person might be endangered thereby, although an injury does not result,

is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

[1911 C&P § 344; RL § 6609; NCL § 10292]—(NRS A 1989, 820, 1240, 1243)

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