If you are walking to your car at night in a dark parking lot and a stranger steps from behind a car and points a gun at you, there has probably been an assault.

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An assault is defined as the intentional act of causing fear of imminent harm in someone else. In this scenario, the stranger's action of pointing a gun at you would likely create fear of imminent harm, thus constituting an assault.

If You Are Walking to Your Car at Night in a Dark