Terroristic Threats
A terroristic threat is generally classified as a crime involving danger to a person. Laws vary by state, but a person typically commits a terroristic threat if he or she threatens:
 | To commit any offense involving bodily injury, death. | | Substantial property damage. | | The use of a weapon of mass destruction. | | Threatens by the use of a hoax weapon of mass destruction. | | Acts with intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population. | | To affect the conduct of a government or a unit of government. | | To cause action of any nature by an official or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies. | | To place a person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury, substantial bodily injury, or death. | | To prevent or interrupt the occupation of a building or a portion of the building, a place to which the public has access. | | To prevent or interrupt the occupation of a facility or vehicle of public transportation operated by a common carrier. |
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