Legal question about pointing a gun

[Kirk Freeman]

Is there something in the water today?

I see you are new to INGO. I'd like to say Merry Christmas and welcome to INGO.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

If I point a stripped lower at a dude, did I just commit a crime?

Hah, a trick question! I rise to the challenge.

Your answer: it depends.

My question: Where is the upper and is the bcg in it?

 

[KG1]

Do not brandish your stripped lower.

 

[Destro]

Do not brandish your stripped lower.

I think you are required to have an Indiana CCW to carry one

 

[danielson]

If you brandish your stripped lower in public, you will be violating a whole-nother law..

 

[possum_128]

My stripped lower stays in my pants until needed.

 

[PGRChaplain]

If it's in West Virginia you may be Engaged************************

 

[MikeDVB]

Hah, a trick question! I rise to the challenge.

Your answer: it depends.

My question: Where is the upper and is the bcg in it?

So if the upper/BCG were not in close proximity [i.e. readily available] then the lower would not be readily convertible? What if the upper and BCG are nearby but the lower parts kit isn't - you could put the upper and BCG on it - would you be able to fire it?

None of this is rhetoric .

 

[SaintsNSinners]

What about an unstripped lower with a loaded mag and no upper?

 

[ARdysfunction]

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Pic of ATM pointing a semi complete lower at himself...

 

[Disposable Heart]

Guess it depends on the reporting officer! Get a jerk that knows the law (or makes it up as he goes), then maybe a crime. If a dude that's got his head on straight, see's his role as an officer as a job rather than a "I am the law" lifestyle, then of course not.

Then again, having talked to a lot of cops, many of whom still say clips rather than mags, I would believe they wouldn't know what a completed lower was by looking at it unless you told them...

 

[ATM]

...Pic of ATM pointing a semi complete lower at himself...

Without a muzzle, rule #2 was never violated. However, since it did have a trigger, I made darn sure to keep my finger indexed.

Safety first!

 

[MikeDVB]

Without a muzzle, rule #2 was never violated. However, since it did have a trigger, I made darn sure to keep my finger indexed.

Safety first!

You never can really be too careful, right?

 

[sloughfoot]

If I point a stripped lower at a dude, did I just commit a crime?

sorry if this is an old question, just wondered while packing a gift.

No. Any Officer that attempted to charge you with "pointing a firearm" under this circumstance, would be severely reprimanded. And laughed at. And ostracised.

It would never go forward to court. Unless you buttstroked somebody with the buttstock or did something else equally heinous. I will stop trying to imagine something now.

You guys do realize that all charges filed by an Officer go up through the chain of command? The Sergeant reviewing this arrest and report and charge would have an immediate conversation with the Officer that would initiate such a stupid charge?