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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1)(a) Any person, including a student, who willfully threatens by word, electronic means or act to use a firearm or other deadly or dangerous weapon to do violence to any person on school grounds or to disrupt the normal operations of an educational institution by making a threat of violence is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) Any person, including a student, who knowingly has in his possession a firearm or other deadly or dangerous weapon, or who makes, alters or repairs any firearm or other deadly or dangerous weapon, in the furtherance of carrying out a threat made by word, electronic means or act to do violence to any person on school grounds or to disrupt the normal operations of an educational institution by making a threat of violence is guilty of a felony.
(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) “On school grounds” means in or on property owned or operated by a school district, public charter school or private school.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Idaho Statutes Title 18. Crimes and Punishments § 18-3302I. Threatening violence upon school grounds--Firearms and other deadly or dangerous weapons - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/id/title-18-crimes-and-punishments/id-st-sect-18-3302i/
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