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Message: [QUOTE="Capt. Tuttle, post: 3873246, member: 191"] You really ought to read the applicable laws before spouting off nonsense. Here is an article on the MA definition of a assault with a dangerous weapon, which says that "[I]any action that places the person in imminent apprehension of harmful or offensive contact, or any attempt to make harmful or offensive contact with the person constitutes an assault."[/I] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.urbelislaw.com/assault-and-battery-with-a-dangerous-weapon-abdw.html#:~:text=Massachusetts%20ABDW%20Causing%20Serious%20Bodily%20Injury&text=A%20dangerous%20weapon%20can%20range,considered%20a%20%22dangerous%20weapon.%22[/URL] Lay persons often confuse assault with battery: (From Westlaw) [I]In an act of physical violence, [B]assault[/B] refers to the act which causes the victim to apprehend imminent physical harm, while [B]battery[/B] refers to the actual act causing the physical harm.[/I] Its a solid charge. [/QUOTE]