Assault with a weapon

Question 0

Another person

Answer 0

It has to be another person other than the offender.

Question 1

Assaults

Answer 1

Acts of intentionally applying force or attempting to apply force to the person of another, directly or indirectly, or threatening by any act or gesture to apply such force to a person of another, if the person making the threat has, or causes the other to believe on reasonable grounds that they have, the present ability to effect their purpose.

Question 2

Using anything as a weapon.

Answer 2

An object of some sort, whether animate or inanimate, must be used as a weapon.

OR

Question 3

Having anything with him or her in circumstances that prima facie show an intention to use it as a weapon.

Answer 3

An object of some sort, whether animate or inanimate, must be either on the offender or reasonably available to them. The circumstances must be sufficient to show an intention to use the object as a weapon.