A person is guilty of a misdemeanor when he intentionally and without legal justification points or aims a gun or pistol at another, whether the gun or pistol is loaded or unloaded.
(Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 151, § 1; Code 1882, § 4528a; Penal Code 1895, § 343; Penal Code 1910, § 349; Code 1933, § 26-5107; Code 1933, § 26-2908, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERALThere is no restriction against carrying an unloaded shotgun in a vehicle through this state. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U70-30.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 6 Am. Jur. 2d, Assault and Battery, §§ 4, 32, 33, 35, 47, 49. 79 Am. Jur. 2d, Weapons and Firearms, § 32.
C.J.S.- 94 C.J.S., Weapons, § 57 et seq.
ALR.- Contributory negligence or assumption of risk of one injured by firearm or air gun discharged by another, 25 A.L.R.3d 518.
Fact that gun was broken, dismantled, or inoperable as affecting criminal responsibility under weapons statute, 81 A.L.R.4th 745.