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Idaho Code § 18-3312 (2026)

Injuring another by careless handling and discharge of firearms. 

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Injuring another by careless handling and discharge of firearms. 

Any person who handles, uses or operates any firearm in a careless, reckless or negligent manner, or without due caution and circumspection, whereby the same is fired or discharged and maims, wounds or injures any other person or persons, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1968–1999 · leading case: State v. Trejo, 979 P.2d 1230 (Idaho Ct. App. 1999).
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State v. Trejo, 979 P.2d 1230 (Idaho Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “§ 18-3303, and injuring another by careless handling and discharge of a firearm, I.C. § 18-3312. When an alleged error is the omission of a jury instruction on a lesser included offense, this Court must determine whether the result would have been different had the instruction…”
State v. Chaffin, 448 P.2d 243 (Idaho 1968). · cites it 2× “It was not error for the court to have omitted to instruct the jury as to the misdemeanor of “[ijnjuring another by careless handling and discharge of firearms” set out in I.C. § 18-3312. That statute is not applicable for the reason that Carol Chaffin here was killed and not…”
State v. Robison, 811 P.2d 500 (Idaho Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “Ricky Robison pled guilty to one count of injuring another by the reckless handling of a firearm, I.C. § 18-3312, one count of aggravated assault on a police officer, I.”
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