California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lopez, B252103 (Cal. App. 2014):
An assault with a firearm occurs when a defendant willfully performs an act with a firearm with the present ability to apply force with it. ( 240.) An "assault only requires an intentional act and actual knowledge of those facts sufficient to establish that the act by its nature will probably and directly result in the application of physical force against another." (People v. Williams (2001) 26 Cal.4th 779, 790.)
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