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Deadly WeaponA deadly weapon is usually defined as a firearm or any object designed, made, or adapted for the purposes of inflicting death or serious physical injury. In addition to all firearms, the term deadly weapon encompasses knives of a certain length (usually three inches or longer, depending on jurisdiction, and in almost all jurisdictions includes switch-blade knife, gravity knife, and stiletto of any length), ice pick, sword, dagger, billy club, black-jack, bludgeon, metal (brass) knuckles, nunchaku (fighting sticks), or shuriken (throwing star), among other weapons. Commission of a crime while armed with or in possession of a deadly weapon usually incurs enhanced penalties. In some jurisdictions, a distinction is made between deadly weapons and destructive devices, such as explosives, incendiary or poison gas bombs, grenades, mines, rockets, missiles, or similar devices, including the unassembled components from which such devices can be made.
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