[robertpaulsen]

Hey MrLeRoy. Go up to a bank teller with a fake gun, demand money, then say "just kidding".

Then try your "tendentiously extracted fragment" and "totality of the statement" arguments with the judge. If it works with the judge, then I'll concede your point.

[Know your rights]

Go up to a bank teller with a fake gun, demand money, then say "just kidding".

If the relevant law in that case was against representing oneself as having a real gun, you might have a point. Can you show that there are such laws, or are you just flinging red herrings?