> the prospector who is holding a gun on you telling you to go away. That would qualify as assault [1], and should result in the prospector going to jail. But

> the prospector who is holding a gun on you telling you to go away. That would qualify as assault [1], and should result in the prospector going to jail. But if the US legal system worked as it should, it would be almost completely unrecognizable... [1] https://blogs.findlaw.com/blotter/2016/01/is-it-a-crime-to-point-a-gun-at-someone.html https://blogs.findlaw.com/blotter/2016/01/is-it-a-crime-to-p...