Explination of Assault With a Weapon
An assault is, generally speaking, the application of force, or the threat of force, against another individual without their consent and without legal justification or excuse. 'Begging' while carrying a weapon is also considered an assault. The crime of Assault with a Weapon is the application, or threatened application, of force against another person where a weapon is used as a tool in respect of the force. Therefore, knowingly waving a knife in the direction of a person, pointing a firearm, or striking another individual with an object can all constitute an Assault with a Weapon.
Criminal Code of Canada: Assault With a Weapon
267.Every one who, in committing an
assault,
(a) carries, uses or
threatens to use a weapon or an imitation thereof, or
(b) causes bodily
harm to the complainant,
is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or an offence punishable on
summary conviction and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding eighteen
months.
R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 267; 1994, c. 44, s. 17.
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