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Originally Posted by mtdjed
If a person pulls a Fire Alarm for a reason other than a fire, would that be a crime?
Perhaps a child unaware of consequence, a person trapped in a location needing assistance, someone miscalculating the situation, etc would be an excuse. Maybe even a mistake if in the dark, or perhaps an immigrant not familiar with the language or item.
My middle-class training from grade school up said that there were certain things you do not do. One was not to pull an alarm unless there was a need.
Now there is an elected official who pulls the lever supposedly to get the door open into the room in Congress.
What was the real reason? Lack of Knowledge, stupidity, youth, an immigrant, language, dark, smoke, or nefarious?
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Here’s the Florida statute. I don’t know about the hallowed halls of Congress.
“ 806.101 False alarms of fires. —Whoever, without reasonable cause, by outcry or the ringing of bells, or otherwise, makes or circulates, or causes to be made or circulated, a false alarm of fire, shall for the first conviction be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.”
I believe the perpetrator is in trouble over this. However, the “real reasons” you list are insulting.