>Well in the example they are procuring and preparing to use a gun. The example mentions a gun, but does not mention that it was procured for the purpose of co

>Well in the example they are procuring and preparing to use a gun. The example mentions a gun, but does not mention that it was procured for the purpose of committing murder. At least in the US, having a gun (there are more guns than people here) by itself isn't very remarkable. If, however, the gun was procured specifically for that purpose, it could be construed as an overt act. Alternatively, if someone retrieved the gun from a storage facility (as was suggested by another commenter) for the purposes of committing murder, that would still be an overt act. ISTR a case where a woman contracted with someone (who turned out to be police acting on a tip from the owner of a website that claimed to put folks in touch with hit men) to kill her husband[0]. Just asking someone to do so wasn't enough. The police had to get the woman to commit an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy (in that case, paying the undercover cop). [0] https://www.wxyz.com/news/monroe-county-woman-arrested-for-trying-to-hire-hitman-to-kill-her-ex-husband https://www.wxyz.com/news/monroe-county-woman-arrested-for-t...