re: Jaxxton should have stuck to travel ball

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I mean, charge the dude with something, but terrorism?

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That's just wording of the statute. Other states call the charge "terroristic threats" when you threaten to kill someone. It's not in the same category of "terrorism" we typically use in conversation. These laws have been around and called that forever. This guy isn't being charged with domestic terrorism which I think is what people ITT have assumed. That's a federal law and applies to threats to influence the government by coercion or affect the conduct of the government by mass destruction, assassination's, or kidnapping. It's not at all the same criminal offense as threatening to kill your neighbor when you're mad.