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Terms Used In Idaho Code 18-8104

  • Civil disorder: means any public disturbance involving acts of violence by an assemblage of two (2) or more persons which acts cause an immediate danger of or result in damage or injury to the property or person of any other individual. See Idaho Code 18-8102
  • Governmental military force: means the national guard, as defined in section 101(9) of title 10, United States Code; the organized militia of any state or territory of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia, not included with the definition of national guard as defined by such section 101(9); and the armed forces of the United States. See Idaho Code 18-8102
  • Law enforcement agency: means a governmental unit of one (1) or more persons employed full time or part time by the state or federal government, or a political subdivision thereof, for the purpose of preventing and detecting crime and enforcing laws or local ordinances and the employees of which are authorized to make arrests for crimes while acting within the scope of their authority. See Idaho Code 18-8102
  • Peace officer: means any duly appointed officer of a law enforcement agency as defined herein including, but not limited to, an officer of the Idaho state police, department of fish and game, a sheriff or deputy sheriff of a county, or a marshal or police officer of a city. See Idaho Code 18-8102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
Nothing contained in this chapter makes unlawful any act protected pursuant to article I, section 11, of the Idaho constitution, or any act of any peace officer which is performed in the lawful performance of the law enforcement officer’s official duties. Nothing contained in this chapter makes unlawful any activity of the department of fish and game, any governmental military force, the department of correction, any law enforcement agency, or any activity intended to teach or practice self-defense or self-defense techniques, such as karate clubs or self-defense clinics, and similar lawful activity, or any facility, program or lawful activity related to firearms instruction and training intended to teach the safe handling and use of firearms, or any other lawful sports or activities related to the individual recreational use or possession of firearms, including but not limited to, hunting activities, target shooting, self-defense, firearms collection or any organized activity including, but not limited to, any hunting club, rifle club, rifle range or shooting range which does not include a conspiracy as defined under the laws of this state or the knowledge of or the intent to cause or further a civil disorder.