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title: O.C.G.A. § 16-11-102. Pointing or aiming gun or pistol at another.
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# O.C.G.A. § 16-11-102. Pointing or aiming gun or pistol at another.

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.

## History

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.