Dealing with psychopath nutjobs

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In my state all it takes for a criminal threat charge is to tell someone you're going to harm them and they have reason to believe that you will. So if you're horsing around with someone and they laughingly say "I'm gonna kick your ass" then it's not a threat. But if someone's pissed off at you, carrying a baseball bat and says, "I'm going to kill you" then it would be a criminal threat. Same goes if some pussy sends you a text saying that he's going to kill you. All you have to do is tell the cops you believe he might try it and they can charge him.

Yep, that's how it works in the UK as well.